Castagno, Paul C., 1950-

New playwriting strategies : a language based approach to playwriting / Paul C. Castagno. - New York : Routledge, c2001. - xi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index.

1 New Playwriting Strategies: Overview and Terms1 -- PART I STRATEGIES OF LANGUAGE AND CHARACTER 15 -- 2 On Multivocality and Speech Genres 17 -- 3 Polyvocality and the Hybrid Play 35 -- 4 The Theatricality of Character 52 -- Len Jenkin's Dramaturgy of Character: -- From Stage Figures to Archetypes 72 -- 6 Eric Overmyer: Some Principles of -- Character Transformation 80 -- 7 Mac Wellman: Language-Based Character 87 --PART II STRATEGIES OF STRUCTURE AND FORM 93 -- 8 The Dialogic Beat 95 -- 9 Scenes, Acts, and Revisions 120 -- 10 Foundations of Contemporary Monologue 137 -- 11 Dialogic Monologue: Structure and Antistructure 148.

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Playwriting.
Dramaturgia
Drama

PN 1661 / C346n 2001

808.2