Paul C Castagno

New Playwriting Strategies

A Language Based Approach to Playwriting

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Produktbeschreibung

New Playwriting Strategies offers a fresh and dynamic approach to playwriting that will be welcomed by teachers and aspiring playwrights alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780878301355
• ISBN-10: 0878301356
• Artikelnr.: 22317239

Autorenporträt

Paul C. Castagno is Professor of Theatre at UNC-Wilmington where he served as founding chair of the Department of Theatre. He formerly served as Director and Head of M.A. Programs of the School of Theater at Ohio University, and headed the MFA Playwriting/Dramaturgy Programs at University of Alabama. He teaches playwriting, dramatic literature and directs, and has published books and/or articles on playwriting and commedia dell¿arte.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Part I: The Language Playwright
Chapter 1: The Playwright's Two Voices Chapter 2: Dialogic Applications and
Practices Part II: The Dramaturgy of New Playwriting: From Building Blocks
to Revision Chapter 3: The Poetics of New Playwriting Chapter 4: Defining,
Rewriting and Refining the Script Part III: Monologic Structures: From
Orthodoxy to Innovation Chapter 5: Show us, don't tell us Chapter 6: Toward
Dialogic Monologue in New Playwriting Part IV: Formulating Character
Chapter 7: Establishing New Approaches to Character Chapter 8: Len Jenkin's
Dramaturgy of Character: Stage Figures to Archetypes Chapter 9: Eric
Overmyer: Some Principles of Character Transformation Chapter 10: Mac
Wellman: Language-based Character Works Cited Index