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dramaturgy (not at all related to metallurgy) • What: Defined by what it’s not Geographical differences Literary academia vs. practical theatre Common responsibilities Differences depending on company size Level of involvement in rehearsal • Why: Importance of text analysis, research Theory into practice Getting a play to say what you want • How? “It is often observed that the position of the dramaturg is one characterized by its ‘inbetweeness,’ defined by what it is not: not playwright, director, or actor, but also not simply literary critic, historian, or theorist.” -Andrew James Hartley The Shakespearean Dramaturg Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) Big Daddy of Dramaturgy Literary Academia vs. Practical Theatre Common Responsibilities • Script editing and cutting • Text analysis • Research: historical context, previous productions, scholarly works, theory, etc. Peacham Drawing, c. 1595? Common Responsibilities (cont.) • Discussing research, analysis with director actors (depending on level of involvement in rehearsal) • Developing season • Reading and cataloguing new plays • Running seminars and workshops for the public • Writing play descriptions for programs “…the dramaturg is an intellectual presence in a production (though this is more about perspective than it is about raw cleverness), one whose job is to view the show from the standpoint of ideas.” -Hartley Why? • Why are ideas important? • Why should we view a practical thing from the perspective of theory and ideas? • What is the importance of text analysis? • What can theory do for us? • Wherefore to Dover? How? • Step one: Analysis. Read your shit. • Step two: Make a decision. A good one. • Step three: Make that decision visible. Step three: Make that decision visible. • Casting choices • Tech stuff: – Costumes – Set, setting – Props – Sound • • • • Two Gentlemen of Verona, OSF 2014 Henry V, OSF 2012 King Lear, OSF 2013 Taming of the Shrew, OSF 2013 What we see, what we don’t, and how • How the script is cut—what we show the audience and how we show it • Which words are emphasized and how • Blocking • Tableaus • Pantomime Closing thoughts • You can’t perform an essay • Theory as Liberatory Practice—and theatre as the practical medium for the theory • Shakespeare is a versatile and malleable type of theatre that won’t get you in any legal trouble