Max Stafford-Clarke
Max Stafford – Clark
Max Stafford – Clark’s style can be split into two sections, workshop and rehearsal. Workshop, developed by Stafford-Clark’s production company Joint stock was the practice in which actors, producers and directors were all considered as equals and the developing of the play was seen as a group effort. At the start of workshop themes and ideas of the play are discussed and researched. Stafford-Clark researches every play he does and expects his company to do the same, the company are expected to read around the subject of the play not just through books, but through interviewing relevant people.
Stafford-Clark’s style of work is verbatim theatre, a type of documentary theatre. People are interviewed and their stories told in a verbatim way. Multirole is also used so that actors can play multiple characters. ‘The Permanent Way’ is an example of his work, based around the privatisation of Britain’s railways. He investigated people related to the situation so that the play could be true to the actual cause. Much of Stafford-Clarks work centres on political issues and events from which he can study.
“A workshop isn’t exactly rehearsal, nor is it journalistic investigation, nor is it academic research and yet it contains elements of all three of these.”- Max Stafford-Clark
There are many rehearsal techniques that Stafford-Clark uses in his work, his most famous is the use of playing cards to work out the dynamics of a scene and to develop a character. They are most commonly used to work out status and intensity, for scenes that were not quite working in rehearsals Stafford-Clarks card technique was used to allow the actor to consider other angles of performance.
Improvisation is also used in Stafford-Clarks rehearsal stage, for example actors would have to improvise around an important theme in the play to improve the understanding of the actors to the situation they are trying to act and therefore help them get into their roles.
With Max
Max Stafford – Clark’s style can be split into two sections, workshop and rehearsal. Workshop, developed by Stafford-Clark’s production company Joint stock was the practice in which actors, producers and directors were all considered as equals and the developing of the play was seen as a group effort. At the start of workshop themes and ideas of the play are discussed and researched. Stafford-Clark researches every play he does and expects his company to do the same, the company are expected to read around the subject of the play not just through books, but through interviewing relevant people.
Stafford-Clark’s style of work is verbatim theatre, a type of documentary theatre. People are interviewed and their stories told in a verbatim way. Multirole is also used so that actors can play multiple characters. ‘The Permanent Way’ is an example of his work, based around the privatisation of Britain’s railways. He investigated people related to the situation so that the play could be true to the actual cause. Much of Stafford-Clarks work centres on political issues and events from which he can study.
“A workshop isn’t exactly rehearsal, nor is it journalistic investigation, nor is it academic research and yet it contains elements of all three of these.”- Max Stafford-Clark
There are many rehearsal techniques that Stafford-Clark uses in his work, his most famous is the use of playing cards to work out the dynamics of a scene and to develop a character. They are most commonly used to work out status and intensity, for scenes that were not quite working in rehearsals Stafford-Clarks card technique was used to allow the actor to consider other angles of performance.
Improvisation is also used in Stafford-Clarks rehearsal stage, for example actors would have to improvise around an important theme in the play to improve the understanding of the actors to the situation they are trying to act and therefore help them get into their roles.
With Max