132 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
132 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
132 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In Principles of Dramaturgy , Robert Scanlan explains the invariant principles behind the construction of stage and performance events of any style or modality. This book contains all that is essential for training a professional stage director and/or dramaturg, including the "plot-bead" technique for analyzing play scripts developed by Scanlan. It details all the steps for the full... Read more
List of Figures and Credits
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction – What is Dramaturgy?
Chapter 1 – Form
Chapter 2 – Action
Chapter 3 – Production Dramaturgy
Chapter 4 – Dramaturgy for Playwrights
Index
Biography
Robert Scanlan is a theatre director and Artistic Director of The Poets’ Theatre. He has been teaching at Harvard University since 1989, first as the Literary Director of the American Repertory Theatre, where he headed the Dramaturgy and Playwriting Programs of the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard. He later became Professor of the Practice of Theatre in the Department of English and chaired Harvard’s Committee on Dramatics.
