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Action

Action

There are four possible distinct sorts of action. Each and every scene (each and every beat) has to contain at least one of these actions.

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Peter Matheson August 16, 2020
Where is your audience?
Theatre

Where is your audience?

Knowing who your audience is, what their interests and expectations are is important. These change constantly and develop over time. Think of the drawing-room comedies of half a century ago… there is often nothing wrong with the core issue of the play, just the manipulation of the audience.

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Peter Matheson August 16, 2020

About Peter Matheson

Peter Matheson is a freelance dramaturg and script assessor living on the north coast of NSW. He has a scattered stable of individual clients in all capital cities, and the regions of NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory and Tasmania as well as New Zealand, USA, Hawaii and Britain.

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“For the past four years Peter has helped me shape my thoughts into scripts. During the process he can pose tough questions and will offer advice but he is never prescriptive..."
Jeff MichelPlaywright/performer, 2018
"...He was able to balance encouragement of my personal artistic expression alongside an objective advocacy for the entity of the play...."
Hanna CormickPerformer/playwright, 2018
"Working WITH Peter Matheson has given me great insight into what is required to make a play a 'play', and what is possible to make that 'play' develop in directions both unexpected and inevitable..."
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