Expressiveness in the theatre as a meaning-making technology and the role of gestures in its realization

The paper examines the concept of multimodal expressiveness contributing to general study expressive and emotive functions in belles-lettres texts. author attempts prove that heterogeneous discourse manifests itself as a meaning-making resource responsible for form-content fusion. analysis is carried out on basis two different kinds theatrical discourse: performance public play-reading. turns interpretations plays by Alexander Vampilov, Kazantsev, Natalya Sadur, readings play “A man from Podolsk” Dmitry Danilov, with total duration 740 minutes. focus gesture pivotal semiotic theatre. results comparative quantitative show difference (i) patterns (ii) frequency their usage discourse. qualitative are obtained help parametric which relevant tool estimating activity gestural modality such helps reveal specificity meaning construal.