New playwriting strategies language and media in the 21st century / Paul C. Castagno.

Author/creator Castagno, Paul C., 1950-
Format Electronic
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxiv, 258 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents Introduction: beyond the tipping point -- Strategies of language and character. On multivocality and speech genres -- Polyvocality and the ascendancy of the hybrid play -- The theatricality of character -- The transformation of character -- Len Jenkin's dramaturgy of character: from stage figures to archetypes -- Mac Wellman: language-based character -- Crossover poetics: Sarah Ruhl and Suzan Lori-Parks -- Strategies of structure and form. Units and building blocks -- Scenes, acts, and revisions -- Foundations of contemporary monologue -- Dialogic monologue: from structure to antistructure.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-245) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011013344
ISBN9780415491471 (hardback : alk. paper)
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