Output details
35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Chapter title
Dramaturgy in the UK( it's coming sometime, maybe)
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Henschel Verlag
Book title
Die Kunst der Dramaturgie: Theorie, Praxis, Ausbildung
ISBN of book
978-3-89487-655-5
Year of publication
2011
URL
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Number of additional authors
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Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
5 - Intermediality
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article was commissioned to provide a view of the current and historical state of dramaturgy in the UK. In general, dramaturgy has been as foreign to British theatre as it is to English theatre and performance scholarship, and it is far more established in continental European contexts. But there have been exceptions, including Kenneth Tynan at the National Theatre (significantly, his job-title was amended to 'Literary Manager', despite his own European and Brechtian ambitions). The (re)emergence of collective approaches to theatre-making in Britain has, surprisingly perhaps, led to a rise of dramaturgy, with implications for training and higher education.
