Documenting Movement

In the text, you read about the many complexities that can accompany working with the groundplan. Below are full samples of two of the shows discussed: Twelfth Night and The Tempest. Click on the image to open up the PDF files.


Twelfth Night Groundplan

Twelfth Night Groundplan

Twelfth Night Groundplan

The Tempest Groundplan

The Tempest Groundplan

The Tempest Groundplan

Once you have found a successful naming and taping system for your groundplan, utilize this collection of blocking symbols as a place to start your notation language.

Twelfth Night Groundplan

Blocking Symbols

Blocking Symbols

You can then make use of this blocking key to record the symbols in use for a specific production in your prompt book.

Intimacy Choreography

If you wish to take a closer look at the intimacy plot, you can download it here.

Intimacy Plot

Intimacy Plot

Intimacy Plot

Stage Combat

For additional context on the fight notation samples presented in the text, review them again while watching the fight sequence itself.

DM-11 Romeo and Juliet stage combat video excerpt

Stage Combat Narrative

Stage Combat Plot

The Stage Manager’s Checklist for Stage Combat by J. Allen Suddeth, excerpted from Fight Directing for the Theatre, and updated by the author.

The Stage Manager’s Checklist for Stage Combat

The Stage Manager’s Checklist for Stage Combat by J. Allen Suddeth, excerpted from Fight Directing for the Theatre,and updated by the author.

The Stage Manager’s Checklist

Stage Combat Glossary of Terms from the Society of American Fight Directors.

Stage Combat Glossary

Stage Combat Glossary of Terms from the Society of American Fight Directors.

Stage Combat Glossary

Further Study

For a closer review of some additional images in the text, download the folder linked here.

Additional Images