what is a play analysis?

Question

The House of Blue Leaves play analysis

Answer 1

A play analysis is how you get a complete understanding of what's going on, an understanding of the characters, of the themes of the play. Here's an example worksheet:
http://www.northern.edu/wild/dany/dir05/AnalysisWrk05.pdf#search=%22play%20analysis%22

The analysis should examine time period, social context, etc., main themes, objectives of characters, mood, emotional response, that type of things.

Answer 2

In a play analysis, you literally analyze every part of the play. You go through each character with a fine-tune comb. You decide on what has occured before the play. You decide the setting, the time period. You do research on anything you don't quite understand. It is tearing a script apart until it can't be torn into smaller pieces and deciding what each piece means.

Answer 3

The play, John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves"

Answer 4

it means you look at the play on a deeper level, not just reading it as if it were a picture book. with plays you must remember they are meant to be acted out; its a living text. so look at in your mind as if its playing out: think of lighting, stage blocking and directions, props and costumes, lighting. you would also study the language, looking at themes, grammar, dialects and accents, deciphering attitudes from the text, tone of the play, contexts, subtext, characters, other signs that will add to the audiences reading of the play. its all about reading signs once it it staged. sometimes it helps to know the playwright too, such as tennesee williams, whose life is mirrored in his plays.hope this helps.

Answer 5

Are you sure you're not asking about the House of Blue Lights?