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Ghost light : an introductory handbook for dramaturgy / Michael Mark Chemers.

Van Pelt Library PN2053 .C428 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Chemers, Michael M.
Series:
Theater in the Americas
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Theater--Production and direction.
Theater.
Drama--Technique.
Drama.
Physical Description:
xvi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press, [2010]
Contents:
Philosophy. What the #$%@ is a dramaturg? Asking questions
What kind of person becomes a dramaturg?
Forking paths and ghost lights
Historicizing dramaturgy
Origins
Dramaturgy in history
Exercises
Power plays
Drama as dialectic
Theory capsules
Analysis. The twelve-step program for script analysts
The steps
Form follows function
Comedy
Ovidian (episodic)
Diffused crisis
Why this play now? doing preliminary research (and a web warning!)
Writing a production history
Writing a performance review
Practice
New plays
Working with playwrights: forging an alliance
Maintaining boundaries
Devised theatre
Documentary theatre
Adaptation
The company
Working with the artistic director
Mission statements
Representation in rehearsal
Season selection
Creating a dossier
Working with the director
Working with designers
Working with actors
Sidebar: rehearsal etiquette and protocols
Table work
Audiences
The front line
Publicity
Education
Program notes
Lobby displays
Preshows and postshow talkbacks
Blogs
Exercises.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780809329526
0809329522
OCLC:
373561246
Publisher Number:
99937780892

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