INTRO TO DRAMA – MASK: DIRECTOR FINAL DIRECTORIAL CONCEPT SHEET Student Name:       Play Title:       PART 1: SCRIPT ANALYSIS CASTING If you could cast any actors in the history of the world to play the major characters in this play, who would you cast in each part? (These can be famous people you’ve never met…as long as they fit the part.) IDEAS What is the playwright trying to say about this world, the people, and the situation he/she has written about? State the major idea of the play (as you see it) in ONE complete sentence. Remember that theme is NOT the plot, but rather a larger universal vision of the play’s meaning. Summarize what the play is about in ONE word. PRODUCTION Think about producing and directing this play. What would be challenging about putting together this production? Which technical element of production do you feel is the most important for this play – lighting, sound, scenery, or costumes? Why? PART 2: INSPIRATION CONCEPTUAL WORDS What thematic “buzz words” come to mind as you read and analyze this play? (These can be anything, from verbs to nouns…just a list of random words that come to you when you study the scene.) What words might you use to describe the mood, feel, or “vibe” of this play? QUOTES FROM SCRIPT Insert a few (at least 3) “power quotes” from the script that you think would be important to you as you directed the script – these should be words/lines that you believe to capture the “heart” of the scene. Be sure to put them in quotation marks and indicate which character delivers the line. IMAGES/PICTURES Here, insert several images/pictures (at least 3) that provide inspiration for the way YOU would direct this play. For each picture, give a description and reason why you chose it. SOUND/MUSIC What music, sounds, or songs might go along with your concept? Here, insert titles of songs or pieces (at least 3) that provide inspiration for your concept. For each piece, give a description and reason why you chose it. First Scripted Theatre: Indian Sanskrit Drama Presentation by: Kenneth Brown Sanskrit: An historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language in Jainism and Buddhism. Sanskrit Drama: A long-lasting tradition of full-length poetic plays based out of India. They are called Sanskrit dramas because they were mainly written in Sanakrit 1 Belief: A strong belief of Sanskrit is that it was created and given to the people by the GODS Epics: Some of the dramas were called epics; which were historical stories that detail the events of hero figures. The epics could either be serious or comic Temples: Due to all the routines involved with the San.

1. INTRO TO DRAMA – MASK: DIRECTOR
FINAL DIRECTORIAL CONCEPT SHEET
Student Name:
Play Title:
PART 1: SCRIPT ANALYSIS
CASTING
If you could cast any actors in the history of the world to play
the major characters in this play, who would you cast in each
part? (These can be famous people you’ve never met…as long
as they fit the part.)
IDEAS
What is the playwright trying to say about this world, the
people, and the situation he/she has written about?
State the major idea of the play (as you see it) in ONE complete
sentence. Remember that theme is NOT the plot, but rather a
larger universal vision of the play’s meaning.
Summarize what the play is about in ONE word.
PRODUCTION
Think about producing and directing this play. What would be
challenging about putting together this production?
Which technical element of production do you feel is the most

2. important for this play – lighting, sound, scenery, or costumes?
Why?
PART 2: INSPIRATION
CONCEPTUAL WORDS
What thematic “buzz words” come to mind as you read and
analyze this play? (These can be anything, from verbs to
nouns…just a list of random words that come to you when you
study the scene.)
What words might you use to describe the mood, feel, or “vibe”
of this play?
QUOTES FROM SCRIPT
Insert a few (at least 3) “power quotes” from the script that you
think would be important to you as you directed the script –
these should be words/lines that you believe to capture the
“heart” of the scene. Be sure to put them in quotation marks
and indicate which character delivers the line.
IMAGES/PICTURES
Here, insert several images/pictures (at least 3) that provide
inspiration for the way YOU would direct this play. For each
picture, give a description and reason why you chose it.
SOUND/MUSIC
What music, sounds, or songs might go along with your
concept? Here, insert titles of songs or pieces (at least 3) that
provide inspiration for your concept. For each piece, give a

3. description and reason why you chose it.
First Scripted Theatre:
Indian Sanskrit Drama
Presentation by: Kenneth Brown

5. Sanskrit: An historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary
liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly
language in Jainism and Buddhism.
Sanskrit Drama: A long-lasting tradition of full-length poetic
plays based out of India. They are called Sanskrit dramas
because they were mainly written in Sanakrit
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Belief:
A strong belief of Sanskrit is that it was created and given to
the people by the GODS

6. Epics:
Some of the dramas were called epics; which were historical
stories that detail the events of hero figures.
The epics could either be serious or comic

8. Temples:
Due to all the routines involved with the Sanskrit Dramas,
temples are the preferred space.
Other features that make temples more preferred are the
separate entrances for men and women and the high ceilings.