The Production Notebooks: Volume 1: Theatre in Process: 01 - Softcover

Bly, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559361107 ISBN 13: 9781559361101

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

Behind the scenes of many significant U.S. productions today, is the newest member of the creative team--the "dramaturg." Now, for the first time, four of America's finest dramaturgs, under the editorial direction of a fifth, detail their efforts in revealing diary form, offering comprehensive histories of the development of four major productions by outstanding not-for-profit theatres, exploring the dramaturgical, directorial, design, acting and administrative aspects of mounting contemporary and classic plays.

The Clytemnestra Project

(based on works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides)

Garland Wright, director; Jim Lewis, dramaturg

The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN

Danton's Death

(by Georg Büchner, translated by Robert Auletta)

Robert Wilson, director; Christopher Baker, dramaturg

Alley Theatre, Houston, TX

The Love Space Demands

(by Ntozake Shange, adapted from her poetry)

Talvin Wilks, director; Shelby Jiggetts, dramaturg

Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ

Children of Paradise: Shooting a Dream

(based on the film by Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert)

Dominique Serrand, director; Paul Walsh, dramaturg

Company created by Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Minneapolis, MN

About this title

About the Author

Mark Bly is Associate Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre and Co-Chair of the Playwriting, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism programmes at the Yale School of Drama. His professional experience includes dramaturging more than 50 productions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559361107
• ISBN 13: 9781559361101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260