'n Teoretiese ondersoek na die arbitrêre aard van teaterkonvensies vir die analise van die vertoningsteks

The fleeting, once-off theatrical performance text as a product of the theatre medium presents challenges for the academic analysis thereof. The failure of theatre semiotics – due to its fragmentary, static and incomplete nature – leads to a renewed investigation into the field for an appropriate approach that provides more holistic and academically acceptable analytical practices. This theoretical study examines a scientifically sound, but also intuitive method for the analysis of the performance text based on the constraints that the arbitrary nature of conventional practices sets for the theatrical event. The proposed multidisciplinary approach to the analysis of performance texts, takes the analyzer's intuition and identity into consideration along with a renewed application of theatre semiotics and is found to be possible within the qualitative field. This insightful analytical method can be applied in practice to determine its effectiveness.