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Autore |
Chemers Michael M |
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Titolo |
Ghost light [[electronic resource] ] : an introductory handbook for dramaturgy / / Michael Mark Chemers |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-69765-2 |
9786613674616 |
0-8093-8571-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theater - Production and direction |
Drama - Technique |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ghost Light: An Introductory Handbook for Dramaturgy offers useful and entertaining answers to the confounding questions: "What, exactly, |
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