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The art of dramaturgy

Title
The art of dramaturgy / Anne Cattaneo.
Author
Cattaneo, Anne, 1949-
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]

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Description
xiii, 316 pages; 25 cm
Summary
Anne Cattaneo was among the first Americans to fill the role of dramaturg, one of theater's best kept secrets. A combination of theater artist, scholar, researcher, play advocate, editor, and writer's friend, it is the job of a dramaturg to "reflect light back on the elements that are already in play," while bringing a work of theater to life. Cattaneo traces the field from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the present and chronicles the multitude and variety of tasks a dramaturg undertakes before, during, and after a production is brought to the stage. Using detailed stories from her work with theater artists such as Tom Stoppard, Wendy Wasserstein, Robert Wilson, Shi-Zheng Chen, and Sarah Ruhl, as well as the discovery of a 'lost' play by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, Cattaneo provides an invaluable manual to those studying, working in, and interested in this most fascinating profession.
Subject
  • Drama > Technique
  • Dramaturges
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.
Contents
Introduction: What Is a Dramaturg? -- 1. Find Your Way In: Approaching a Great Classic for the First Time -- 2. Expand the Repertory: Discovering Archival Plays and Finding Their Audiences -- 3. Love and Encourage: Supporting a Playwright's Work as It Develops Over a Lifetime -- 4. Reflect Light Back: Working with Actors and Framing How the Audience Sees a Play -- GUIDE YOUR AUDIENCE: THE COAST OF UTOPIA PROGRAM INSERTS -- 5. Create Work and Opportunities: Dramaturg-Created Productions and Programs -- 6. Step Across Time and Place: Cross-Cultural Investigation -- 7. Search Beyond the Words: Enacting the Unconscious -- 8. Appreciate New Forms and Styles -- 9. Deepen an Interpretation: A Classical Play Successfully Reimagined -- 10. See with New Eyes: Revisiting a Great Classic in Yet a New Way -- To a Young Dramaturg
Call Number
MWET 21-3342
ISBN
  • 0300233698
  • 9780300233698
OCLC
1241245033
Author
Cattaneo, Anne, 1949- author.
Title
The art of dramaturgy / Anne Cattaneo.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index.
Research Call Number
MWET 21-3342
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