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, [IL]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780809329526
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) 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; title: Origins; title: Dramaturgy in history; title: Exercises; title: Power plays; title: Drama as dialectic; title: Theory capsules; title: Exercises; title: Analysis. The twelve-step program for script analysts; title: The steps; title: Exercises; title: Form follows function; title: 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; title: 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; title: Working with the artistic director; title: Mission statements; title: Representation in rehearsal; title: Season selection; 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; title: The front line; title: Publicity; title: Education; title: Program notes; title: Lobby displays; title: Preshows and postshow talkbacks; title: Blogs; title: Exercises.