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Playwriting, Dramaturgy and Space

Playwriting, Dramaturgy and Space

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Theatre has shifted to text, with perspectives shifted by the experimental practices of the twentieth century across performance forms. Contemporary playwriting brings scenographic engagement to the foreground, reflecting the spatial turn in theory and practice. Theatre studies needs to better describe the artfulness of contemporary text-based theatre, bringing to it the same sophisticated lenses scholars and critics have used for performance-based theatre. This Element presents the work of Caryl Churchill, Naomi Iizuka, and Sarah Ruhl as exemplary of the way text-based theatre creates and expects a spatialized imaginary and demonstrates its potentials in an increasingly visual and spatial field of cultural production.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 82 pages
Publication date: 18 January 2024
Publisher: Cambridge University Press


Theatre has made a remarkable resurgence in contemporary times, but it has undergone a profound transformation through the experimental practices of the twentieth century. The art of playwriting has taken center stage, with a renewed emphasis on scenographic engagement that reflects the spatial turn in theory and practice. In the realm of production, this spatiality has breathed new life into text-based theatre, enhancing its status and impact. However, theatre studies must now recognize the artfulness of contemporary text-based theatre and apply the same sophisticated lenses that scholars and critics have used for performance-based theatre and other experimental practices. This Element aims to achieve this by showcasing the work of Caryl Churchill, Naomi Iizuka, and Sarah Ruhl as exemplary of how text-based theatre creates and expects a spatialized imaginary. It demonstrates the immense potential of text-based theatre in an increasingly visual and spatial field of cultural production.

Theatre has made a remarkable resurgence in contemporary times, but it has undergone a profound transformation through the experimental practices of the twentieth century. The art of playwriting has taken center stage, with a renewed emphasis on scenographic engagement that reflects the spatial turn in theory and practice. In the realm of production, this spatiality has breathed new life into text-based theatre, enhancing its status and impact. However, theatre studies must now recognize the artfulness of contemporary text-based theatre and apply the same sophisticated lenses that scholars and critics have used for performance-based theatre and other experimental practices. This Element aims to achieve this by showcasing the work of Caryl Churchill, Naomi Iizuka, and Sarah Ruhl as exemplary of how text-based theatre creates and expects a spatialized imaginary. It demonstrates the immense potential of text-based theatre in an increasingly visual and spatial field of cultural production.


ISBN-13: 9781009370226

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