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DEFINING A CHARACTER THROUGH VOICE QUALITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER "GEORGE" IN SONDHEIM AND LAPINE'S "SUNDAY IN THE PA
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| Title | DEFINING A CHARACTER THROUGH VOICE QUALITY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTER "GEORGE" IN SONDHEIM AND LAPINE'S "SUNDAY IN THE PA |
| Author | Swickard, Michael
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| Keywords | Estill
Swickard
Sunday in the Park with George
Defining a Character
Voice
Voice Quality
Sondheim
Lapine
Thesis
Theatre
Musical Theatre
EVTS
Seurat
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| Abstract | This thesis explores the use of the Estill Voice Model, in particular six voice qualities (Speech, Twang, Falsetto, Cry/Sob, Belt and Opera) and their permutations, to define character, character traits and emotions. Traits and emotions that specific voice qualities can influence are, but are not limited to, location, age, background, socioeconomic status, genre, intelligence, nationality, class, culture, gender, promiscuity, disposition, pain and revelations. In particular, this thesis explores the use of voice qualities to show specific human qualities of the character "George" from Sondheim and Lapine's "Sunday in the Park with George" and the people he imitates in his painting by letting the characters' given circumstances (textual and subtextual), the way other actors portray the characters and the director's and musical director's input inform the choices in voice quality. By using the specific technical aspects of the Estill Voice Training System™ and combining them with the limitless aesthetic aspects of theatrical character, this thesis shows that this new structural analysis does not pigeonhole an actor, but rather it makes one more aware, accessible, adept and flexible to the needs of the character and the spontaneity of each new performance. This thesis provides a new paradigm of character analysis through voice. |
| Adviser | Chicurel, Steven
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| Publisher | University of Central Florida |
| Degree | M.F.A.
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| Degree Discipline | Department of Theatre
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| Degree Grantor | Arts and Humanities
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| Degree Program | Theatre MFA
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| Graduation Date | 2007-01-01 |
| Type | Master's thesis
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| Access Level | Public - Allow Worldwide Access
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| Release Date | 2007-05-21 |
| Repository | University Archives
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| Repository Collection | Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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| Identifier | CFE0001570 |
| Access Link | http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001570 |
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