Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage [Paperback]

The Dramaturgy of the Real brings together an incredible range of international theatre thinking, plays and performance texts, many published here for the first time, that ask questions about how we have come to understand reality and truth in the twenty-first century and analyze the presentation of non-fiction on the international stage.PART I: ESSAYS The Dramaturgy of the Real; C.Martin Towards a Poetics of Theatre and Public Events; J.Reinelt Staging Terror; W.Hesford Post-1990s Verbatim Theatre in South Africa: Exploring an African Concept of Truth; Y.Hutchison Reality from the Bottom Up: Documentary Theatre in Poland; A.Sowinska, trans. B.Paloff The Scripted Realities of Rimini Protokoll; F.Malzacher PART II: TEXTS Rewind - A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony; J.Dubow Rewind: Cantata ; P.Miller Is.Man ; A.Roosen Introduction to Three Posters ; R.Mrou? Three Posters ; E.Khoury& R.Mour? The Magic Years of Youth in Dreary Times, Or Theatre of the Eighth Day's View of Itself, Again During Dreary Times ; J.Ostrowska, trans. E.Janicka The Files ; Teatre ?smego Dnia, trans. B.Johnston Pawel Demirski: We're not Hyenas - An Interview; P.Sztarbowski, trans. A.Valles Don't Be Surprised When They Burn Your House Down ; P.Demirski, trans. A.Valles Kidnapping Reality: An Interview with Vivi Tellas; A.Pauls, trans. S.J.Townsend Excerpts from the Plays of Vivi Tellas; V.Tellas, trans. S.J.Townsend An Intimate Love Letter: Art, Life & Showbiz , Ain Gordon Writer/Director ; B.Vorlicky Art, Life?& Showbiz; A.Gordon Index

'...a timely, intriguing book.' - Whatsonstage.com

'Real. Realistic. Realism. Attempts to clearly delineate each have plagued study of live theater and performance at

least since the late 19th century. Further complicating this have been generational debates regarding what truth is

within a given aesthetic frame. With this volume, Martin (Tisch School of the Arts, NYU) adds a ul0