1st Edition
The Literary Manager's Toolkit A Practical Guide for the Theatre
The Literary Manager’s Toolkit is a clear and comprehensive guide to the role of the literary manager in theatre and beyond, focusing on the key skills, networks, and processes that underpin a successful career in this and associated roles.
This book outlines the tasks and responsibilities of a literary manager in the selection, development, and production of new plays. In the first part, it outlines the how, when, and why of the literary manager’s main activities, equipping the reader with everything that they will need when approaching this role’s central challenges. The second part provides a selection of practical, accessible, and easy-to-follow materials and workshop suggestions for literary managers who will work with playwrights as they develop their creative writing and dramaturgy skills.
This is the go-to resource for the working professional literary manager or dramaturg, and for students on dramaturgy courses in theatre degree programmes.
Part 1 1. An evolving and elusive job description 2. Attracting unsolicited scripts 3. Systems, structures, and approaches 4. Dramaturgy 5. Supporting and nurturing new writers 6. Diversity and inclusion 7. To issue of pay 8. Life after literary management Part 2: The literary manager as teacher Suggested workshops Workshop 1: Getting started Workshop 2: Getting started II Workshop 3: Giving meaning Workshop 4: Shaping story Workshop 5: Developing characters Workshop 6: Active dialogue Workshop 7: Setting - genre Workshop 8: Dialogue Workshop 9: Universal stories Useful teaching materials
Biography
Dr Sue Healy, from Ireland, is the literary manager at the Finborough Theatre and a full-time lecturer in creative writing for stage and screen at the University of Lincoln. She is also a playwright.
