Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage

CAROL MARTIN Professor of Dramaat New York University, USA.

'...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 unique voice to this long-standing disciplinary dialogue...Summing up: Recommended Graduate students through faculty and professionals' - S. R. Irelan, Choice 2010 title ' Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage [is] an important marker for the field of theatre studies, concerned as it currently is with notions of political efficacy, representational innovation, and an ethical engagement with theatre in its entire global context. The range of dramaturgical methods these texts employ will inspire practitioners looking to devise such theatre pieces in their own contexts Meanwhile, students and scholars will find in this same methodological range a wealth of resources for consideration. Ultimately, Martin's collection will be useful not just for students of documentary theatre, but also for those working in any context in which global performance receives a full and justified treatment.' Ryan Claycomb, Theatre Journal 'Martin has gathered a rich set of examples that vary along geographical, cultural and political lines. Her choices allow for a conversation among world artists who deal with the 'dramaturgy of the real' in very different ways as well as an acknowledgement of how artists can and do look beyond past and future to each other for inspiration. Thought of as a paradigm, 'dramaturgy of the real' can become helpful as an inclusive yet critical way of looking at the line between art and life, fiction and reality, fact and lies and truth.' Sara Brady, TDR

• 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.Mroué Three Posters ; E.Khoury& R.Mouré 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 Ósmego 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