Ghost light
Subtitle: an introductory handbook for dramaturgy
By: Michael Mark Chemers.
Series: Theater in the Americas
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780809329526
Subjects: Theater -- Production and direction; Drama -- Technique
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Philosophy. What the #$%@ is a dramaturg? Asking questions; title: What kind of person becomes a dramaturg?; title: Forking paths and ghost lights; title: Historicizing dramaturgy. Origins; title: Dramaturgy in history; title: Exercises; title: Power plays; title: Drama as dialectic; title: Theory capsules; title: Exercises; title: Analysis. The 12-step program for script analysts. The steps; title: Exercises; title: Form follows function. Comedy; title: Ovidian (episodic); title: Diffused crisis; title: Exercises; title: Why this play now? doing preliminary research, and a web warning!; title: Writing a production history; title: Writing a performance review; title: Exercises; title: Practice. New plays; title: Working with playwrights: forging an alliance; title: Maintaining boundaries; title: Devised theatre; title: Documentary theatre; title: Adaptation; title: Exercises; title: The company. Working with the artistic director; title: Creating a dossier; title: Working with the director; title: Working with designers; title: Working with actors; title: Sidebar: rehearsal etiquette and protocols; title: Table work; title: Exercises; title: Audiences. The front line; title: Publicity; title: Education; title: Program notes; title: Lobby displays; title: Pre-shows and post-show talkbacks; title: Blogs; title: Exercises.