Dramaturgy and Performance

by Cathy Turner, Synne Behrndt

Outlining different perspectives, this classic and field-defining text introduces 'dramaturgy' as a critical concept and a practical process in an accessible and engaging style. The revised edition includes a new introduction and afterword which provides insight into contemporary developments and future directions of scholarship.

256 pages, Paperback

Published December 28, 2016

Reviews

[Katie]

I much preferred this text over the others I have read for school so far, because it offered a variety of perspectives and insight from dramaturgs and theatre artists all over the world. I learned a lot!

[Mark Ludmon]

A comprehensive analysis of dramaturgy and the work of a theatre dramaturg. The book usefully examines the development of ideas about dramaturgical forms and processes, from 18th-century Germany and Brecht through to modern, postdramatic theatre. It also unpicks the remit of people working as dramaturgs in the UK and the US within the context of how the role has developed in Germany and other continental European countries.

[Lada]

One thing i remember from this book is about the dramaturgy of stage lighting, one particular exapmle of using strobe lights to give an impression of slow motion in real life.