The art of dramaturgy / Anne Cattaneo.
| Author/creator | Cattaneo, Anne, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021] |
| Description | xiv, 316 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020950229 |
| ISBN | 9780300233698 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300233698 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |