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CHAPTER FIVE: DATA ANALYSIS
According to my reflective diary these series offered a lot of learning about
structuring LTD. There are many interesting aspects of the drama lessons
that could be discussed, but I will reflect primarily on those elements that are
important as part of the analysis of Bondian concepts in LTD.
Site as the Framework for Data Analysis
As Lam investigating the adaptation of Bondian concepts and devices in LTD
I have decided to use the concept of Site, discussed in detail earlier in chapter
three, as the framework of this analysis. This concept holds the full process of
drama in itself and so offers the possibility of not just discussing the different
Bondian devices, but clarifying their relationship to each other.
Cooper explains that “sites are used in Bond’s drama primarily to establish
the dramatic logic of the situation in order to illuminate our social reality
and forge the direct connection between the play and the experience of
the audience”.555
Bond states that the socio-cultural context (Site A) that the play is performed
in needs to be present in the set, props and narrative (Site B) of a performance.
These need to be brought into action (Site C) so they open up the play’s
content in ways that engage the audience’s imagination (Site D).5% The Sites are
contained in each other and connected dialectically. The story and the Centre
it investigates has been placed as Site B by Cooper in recent workshops.**’
The times we live in.
The important
problems/contradictions of our
585 Cooper: Imagination in Action, 132.
5# Bond: Modern Drama, 10.
587 Facing the Gap Seminar led by Chris Cooper, hosted by The GAP Arts Project, 5‘ — 8‘
February, 2015, Birmingham, UK.
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