82 Pages
by
Routledge
82 Pages
by
Routledge
82 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Words for the Theatre , playwright David Cole pursues a course of dramaturgical self-questioning on the part of a playwright, centred on the act of playwriting. The book’s four essays each offer a dramaturgical perspective on a different aspect of the playwright’s practice: How does the playwright juggle the transcriptive and prescriptive aspects of their activity? Does the ultimate... Read more
Preface: Words from a Playwright
Acknowledgments
ESSAY I: The Dramatic Text As Transcript and Prescription
ESSAY II: The Dramatic Text As Type of the Text
ESSAY III: The Theatre Wants to Go In
ESSAY IV: Theatre As an Event and Another Event; or, The Sorrows of Realism (Something like a manifesto)
Words for the Theatre
Index
Biography
David Cole is a playwright who has written two prior books of dramatic theory: The Theatrical Event and the Nathan Award-winning Acting as Reading. His plays may be found at www.davidcoleplaysandprose.com.
