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University of North Dakota
Playing Sam Byck: Analysis Of Text And Performance In Sondheim's Assassins
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This thesis explores an actor's process of creating a character for a musical</p> <p>production, specifically, the role of Sam Byck in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. The production occurred in November of 2011 at the University of North Dakota. The first two chapters of the thesis contain, historical research regarding the character, world events, and the musical, as well as a text analysis of the musical, and given circumstances for the character. The third chapter is a reflection about the production at the production's completion.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Theatre Arts
- Year
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Patterson, Hyrum Wright
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Emily J. Cherry
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.und.edu/theses/1266
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.und.edu:theses-2267