New Playwriting Strategies has become a canonical text in the
study and teaching of playwriting, offering a fresh and dynamic
insight into the subject. This thoroughly revised and expanded
second edition explores and highlights the wide spread of new
techniques that form contemporary theatre writing, as well as their
influence on other dramatic forms.
Paul Castagno builds on the innovative plays of Len Jenkin, Mac
Wellman, and the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin to investigate
groundbreaking new techniques from a broad range of contemporary
dramatists, including Sarah Ruhl, Suzan Lori-Parks and Young Jean
Lee. New features in this edition include an in-depth study of the
adaptation of classical texts in contemporary playwright and the
utilizing new technologies, such as YouTube, Wikipedia and blogs to
create alternative dramatic forms.
The author s step-by-step approach offers the reader new models
for:
- narrative
- dialogue
- character
- monologue
- hybrid plays
This is a working text for playwrights, presenting a range of
illuminating new exercises suitable for everyone from the workshop
student to the established writer. New Playwriting Strategies is an
essential resource for anyone studying and writing drama today.
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