Dramaturgy

Introduction <br/><br/>
1. What is dramaturgy? <br/>
1.1 Dramaturgy with and without a dramaturg <br/>
1.2 The roots of today’s dramaturgy: From Poetics to postdramatic theatre <br/>
1.3 Theatre as a process of transformation <br/>
1.4 Dramaturgy in the Netherlands and Flanders <br/>
1.5 Perspectives on dramaturgy <br/>
1.6 Dramaturgy and theatre research <br/>
1.7 Dramaturgy within and across disciplines, styles, and genres <br/><br/>
2. Material <br/>
2.1 Text as material <br/>
2.2 Aristotle: Language as medium of imitation (mimesis) <br/>
2.3 Theatre landscape until the eighteenth century <br/>
2.4 Absolute drama <br/>
2.5 Concepts of drama analysis <br/>
Primary text / Secondary text <br/>
Story & plot <br/>
Dramatic characters <br/>
Monologue <br/>
Re-definitions of processes of meaning production <br/>
2.6 Brecht: Epic theatre <br/>
2.7 Metatheatricality <br/>
2.8 Theatre of the Absurd <br/>
2.9 Textual montage techniques <br/>
Accumulation as a principle of montage <br/>
Juxtaposition as a principle of montage <br/>
Dissipation as a principle of montage <br/>
2.10 Material and materiality <br/>
2.11 Theatre as a means of exploration <br/><br/>
3. Process: From material to performance <br/>
3.1 The material and the envisioned performance <br/>
3.2 Translational processes in theatre <br/>
Context – location <br/>
Context – time <br/>

Translation for accessibility <br/>
Starting point: The source <br/>
Relevance and inspiration <br/>
Research and interpretation <br/>
3.3 Visual aspects of dramaturgy <br/>
Scenography <br/>
The space and the audience <br/>
Writing the space <br/>
Light <br/>
The visual experience <br/>
3.4 Auditory aspects of dramaturgy <br/>
Voice <br/>
A few historical examples of voice in theatre <br/>
Beyond meaning <br/>
Accents, dialect, play with language, and sound of voice <br/><br/>
4. Audience <br/>
4.1 The first spectator <br/>
4.2 The position and the role of the audience in the performance: the spectator as/is dramaturg <br/>
The dramaturg as intermediary between performance and audience <br/>
4.3 Audience reach <br/>
4.4 Theatre and politics: The heritage of Brecht and Boal <br/>
4.5 The auditorium and the stage <br/>
Site-specific and immersive theatre <br/>
4.6 Youth in/and theatre <br/>
Dutch Theatre for Young Audiences <br/>
Theatre education for children and youngsters <br/>
The last spectator <br/><br/>
Epilogue <br/>
Glossary <br/>
Notes <br/>
Illustration acknowledgements <br/>
Bibliography <br/>
Index <br/>