Smith, M (2023) Creating Plays Through Play: The Role of the Devising Director and the Application of Improvisation within Devised Theatre Practice. Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University.

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Abstract

This thesis examines five new plays in which Mark Smith took a principal role in devising as the devisor director. All the plays were performed on stage throughout the UK between 2010 and 2014. This thesis will examine the role and processes of the devising director, and the context within which ‘devising’ emerged as a particular directorial mode in modern British theatre practice. Drawing upon Smith’s practice, experiences and conceptual roots in the first instance, this thesis will add to this under-theorised area of devised theatre practice.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Devising; Theatre; Improvisation
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
Divisions:	Screen School
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2023 08:48
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2023 08:48
DOI or ID number:	10.24377/LJMU.t.00019236
Supervisors:	Smyth, G
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19236

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