Section 1: Characterisation
1 Creating a character
2 Representing a character
3 Contemporary approaches to characterisation
4 New directions for characterisation today
Case Study
Section 2: Stagecraft and staging
5 Stage, costume, lighting and sound design
6 Staging a performance
7 Staging a performance text
Case Study
Section 3: Group and solo performance
8 Improvising a group performance
9 Contemporary styles of group performance
10 Creating a solo performance
Case Study
Section 4: Major traditions and heritage styles of theatre
11 The beginnings of Western theatre
12 Theatre comes of age
Case Study
Bruce Burton is a Professor Emeritus at Griffith University and is a leading researcher in the field of applied theatre, where the concepts, forms and techniques of theatre are applied to investigating and generating change across the spectrum of social, educational, economic, political and cultural activity. Bruce’s award-winning text, Living Drama, has been the leading senior high school drama text for 30 years.