Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers 6th Edition by James Thomas, ISBN-13: 978-0815352297

Praise for the 6th Edition

“James Thomas has written a great resource book for anyone creating theatre. The information is detailed, clear, and easily applicable to text analysis for actors, directors, and designers.”

– Barbara Anger, Ithaca College

“This book has been overwhelmingly effective in meeting the goals I set for this course.” 

 – Perry Crafton, West Texas A&M University

James Thomas is Professor and Director in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University, Detroit. His publications include The Seagull: An Insiders’ Account of the Ground-breaking Moscow Production, A Director’s Guide to Stanislavsky’s Active Analysis, The Art of the Actor Manager: Wilson Barrett and the Victorian Theatre, and translations of The Joy of Rehearsal, The Craft of Rehearsal, and Beyond Rehearsal by Russian director Anatoly Efros. He was a contributor to Russian Theatre in Practice and his research has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, Contemporary Theatre Review, and Scene. He is also founding director of Wayne State University’s Summer Study Abroad Intensive with the Moscow Art Theatre School.