Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility

by Proehl, Geoffrey S.; Kugler, D. D. (CON); Lamos, Mark (CON); Lupu, Michael (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780838641125
• ISBN10: 0838641121
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-31
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr

Summary

"Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility begins with a moment in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in which Cleopatra says to Antony, "Not know me yet?" With these four words Cleopatra poses a simple but fundamental human problem: What can we know? She and Antony have known each other for years, at times gloriously - emotionally, mentally, and in the archaic sense of the word, physically - but still the challenge of knowing hangs in the air. Cleopatra's question reminds us that knowledge is not simple: that it is as likely to create yearning as satisfaction; that it is not confined to any one part of the self; that it is far from intellect alone. It reminds us as do most great plays - that life is part wonder, part terror." "What we can know? This study - aimed at students, teachers, and theater artists - suggests that he attempt to know the dramaturgy of a play is little different from the attempt to know another person for whom we care."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Geoffrey S. Proehl teaches, dramaturgs, and directs at the University of Puget Sound.

Table of Contents

Preface

Toward a Dramaturgical Sensibility

Landscape

Conversation

Pleasure

Pattern

Journey

Engage

Explore

Respond

Epilogue: Out of Time

Program Credits

Dramaturgy Credits

DD Kugler's Exercises for Exploring the Dramaturgy of the Play

DD Kugler's Sample Play Report Form

First Bookmark

Second Bookmark

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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