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Ghost light :

(Number (ISBN

0809329522

(Number (ISBN

9780809329526

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Title Proper

Ghost light :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an introductory handbook for dramaturgy /

First Statement of Responsibility

Michael Mark Chemers

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 211 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Series Title

Theater in the Americas

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index

Text of Note

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 -- Exercises -- Analysis. The twelve-step program for script analysts -- The steps -- Exercises -- Form follows function -- Comedy -- Ovidian (episodic) -- Diffused crisis -- Exercises -- Why this play now? doing preliminary research (and a web warning!) -- Writing a production history -- Writing a performance review -- Exercises -- Practice -- New plays -- Working with playwrights: forging an alliance -- Maintaining boundaries -- Devised theatre -- Documentary theatre -- Adaptation -- Exercises -- 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 -- Exercises -- Audiences -- The front line -- Publicity -- Education -- Program notes -- Lobby displays -- Preshows and postshow talkbacks -- Blogs -- Exercises

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Drama-- Technique

Theater-- Production and direction

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Book number

Chemers, Michael M

Date of Transaction

20101222013623.0

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[Book]

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