Essential Reading

 

 

Eugenio Barba, On Directing and Dramaturgy, Routledge, 2009

 

E Barba, "Dramaturgy. Actions at work", in E Barba, N Savarese, eds, The Secret Art of the Performer. A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology, Routledge 1991, 68-73

 

Bertolt Brecht, The Messingkauf Dialogues, transl. John Willett. 2nd edition. Methuen 2002

 

Hans-Thies Lehmann, Postdramatic Theatre, transl. Karen Jürs-Munby. Routledge 2006

 

Mary Luckhurst, Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre, Cambridge University Press, 2006

 

Cathy Turner and Synne K. Behrndt, Dramaturgy in Performance. Palgrave Macmillan 2007

 

Michael Patterson, The Oxford Guide to Plays, Oxford University Press 2007

 

Some more reading on and around DRAMATURGY:

 

On Dramaturgy:

 

E Barba, "The Deep Order Called Turbulence: The Three Faces of Dramaturgy", in The Drama Review 44.4 (Winter 2000), 56-66

 

M Bly, The Production Notebooks, Theatre in Progress, 2 vols, Theatre Communications Group 1996/2001

 

B Cardullo, What is Dramaturgy?, Peter Lang 1995

 

J Daniel, ed., Dramaturgy: A User's Guide, Central School of Speech and Drama 1999

 

S Jonas, G Proehl, M Lupu, eds, Dramaturgy in American Theater: A Source Book, Harcourt Brace 1997

 

Contemporary Theatre Review, Dramaturgy Issue, Vol 20 (2), 2010

 

Performance Research: 'On Dramaturgy', Vol. 14 (3), September 2009

 

Theaterschrift 5/6 (1994), 'On Dramaturgy'

 

Theatre Research International 31:3 (2006), special issue on dramaturgy

 

Women & Performance 13.2 (2003), special issue 'The Labor of the Question on Dramaturgy'

 

Theatre Topics 13:1 (2003), "Special Issue: Dramaturgy"

 

Theater 10.1 (1978), special issue on dramaturgy

 

Theater 17.3 (1986), special issue on dramaturgy

 

 

 

Dramaturgy 'at work'

 

Anne Bogart and Tina Landau, The Viewpoints Book, TCG New York, 2005

 

Tim Etchells, Certain Fragments, Routledge 1999

 

Matthew Goulish: 39 microlectures in proximity of performance, Routledge 2000

 

Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre, Routledge, 2009

 

Jan Kott, Shakespeare Our Contemporary, Routledge 1988 (Methuen 1967)

 

Katie Mitchell, The Director's Craft, Routledge, 2009

 

 

On Theatre Producing

 

P Dean: Production Management: Making Shows Happen. Crowood 2002

 

C Raymond, Essential Theatre: The Successful Management of Theatre and Venues, Arts Council 1999

 

C Raymond, Clear Sightlines: The Successful Management of Touring Companies, Arts Council 1993

 

On Playwriting

 

David Edgar, How Plays Work, Nick Hern, 2009

Noel Greig, Playwriting: A Practical Guide, Routledge, 2004

Tim Fountain: So You Want to be a Playwright? Nick Hern 2007

 

Some Weblinks:

The Dramaturgy Forum, http://www.dramforum.com/

The Dramaturg's Network UK http://www.dramaturgy.co.uk/home/

The Dramaturgy Pages (US-based) http://www.dramaturgy.net/dramaturgy/

Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America (US-guild): http://www.lmda.org/blog

 

Some Useful Related Reading:

R Knowles, Reading the Material Theatre, Cambridge UP 2004

Colin Counsell and L Wolf, eds, Performance Analysis, Routledge 2001

V A Cremona, P Eversmann e.a., eds, Theatrical Events: Borders - Dynamics - Frames, Rodopi 2004

S Broadhurst, Liminal Acts. A Critical Overview of Contemporary Performance and Theory. Cassell 1999

D Rush, "Talking Back: A Model for Postperformance Discussion of New Plays", Theatre Topics 10:1 (2000), 53-63

R Schechner, "Drama, Script, Theater, and Performance", in R Schechner, Performance Theory, Routledge 1988

J Whitmore, Directing Postmodern Theater, University of Michigan Press 1994

B Beckerman, Dynamics of Drama, Alfred Knopf 1970

S Shepherd and M Wallis, Drama/Theatre/Performance. The New Critical Idiom, Routledge 2004

P Allain and J Harvie, The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance, Routledge 2006