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Contemporary playwriting emphasizes scenographic engagement, influenced by twentieth-century experimental practices. This shift enhances the significance of text-based theatre, highlighting its spatial dimensions in both scripts and productions. The work of playwrights like Caryl Churchill, Naomi Iizuka, and Sarah Ruhl exemplifies how text-based theatre fosters a spatialized imagination, showcasing its relevance in today's visually oriented cultural landscape. This Element advocates for a refined analysis of text-based theatre, paralleling the critical approaches applied to performance-based and experimental theatre.
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Playwriting, Dramaturgy and Space, Sara Freeman
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- Released
- 2024
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sara Freeman
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 82
- ISBN13
- 9781009467940
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Theater
- Description
- Contemporary playwriting emphasizes scenographic engagement, influenced by twentieth-century experimental practices. This shift enhances the significance of text-based theatre, highlighting its spatial dimensions in both scripts and productions. The work of playwrights like Caryl Churchill, Naomi Iizuka, and Sarah Ruhl exemplifies how text-based theatre fosters a spatialized imagination, showcasing its relevance in today's visually oriented cultural landscape. This Element advocates for a refined analysis of text-based theatre, paralleling the critical approaches applied to performance-based and experimental theatre.