Stage characters in speech and on stage - participation framework and professional vision in theatre rehearsals
Keywords:
conversation analysis, multimodality, participation framework, professional practises, referring, theatre interactionAbstract
The article examines rehearsals of a theatre project for young adults, and episodes during which the stage characters are talked about. It draws from and contributes to the conversation analytic line of research focusing on the use and coordination of multimodal resources in interaction. It also connects to studies analyzing different ways of referring to participants in interaction. Analysis of videotaped data shows how the participants – through the choice of verbal forms referring to the stage character and through varied embodied resources – modify participation framework and approach the character from different viewpoints. By learning these practices constructing different viewpoints, the participants of the project adopt the buildings blocks of the professional vision in theatre making.
