Re: Re RAT re dramaturgy

[Paul Mackley <paulmackley@yahoo.com>]

>And what did you think of Wilson's "A Dream Play"?
> 
> --yelena

well, yelena, the first thing i noticed in the
program...(others:i saw this last night, after this
discussion had begun - it`s a production from
Stockholm`s Stadsteater playing at BAM - & ran into
yelena and her mom there)...was that there were TWO
dramaturgs credited...

I found the visual elements fascinating, incredibly
powerful...i saw the first act from the back of the
middle balcony, then went up top for the first part of
the second act, and for the last part i stood in back
of the orchestra section.....each vignette was like an
animated painting, beautiful and poetic and haunting,
meticulously constructed - but there remains something
very cold about the piece that lingers inside me,
which i haven`t yet put my finger on....i don`t think
i was emotionally touched by any of it, it seemed to
be aimed at my head and often my gut, but not my
heart...

thanks for your description of dramaturgy....very
helpful...i even sacrificed a life form and printed it
out on paper....;-)

do you know if the Barker essays are available online
anywhere?


--- emergency@notnow.com wrote:
> In response to Paul-
> 
> Dramaturg of the 20th century?
> Jan Kott. He wrote many books, among which 
> "Shakespeare Our Contemporary" and "The Eating of
> the Gods" are the best known. His texts on
> Shakespeare hugely influenced many (in)famous
> productions, including Peter Brook's Midsummer.
> 
> And, by the way, Howard Barker (who wrote Scenes
> From an Execution) functions as a dramaturg/theater
> philosopher as well; check out his collection of
> essays called "Arguments for a Theatre."
> 
> And what did you think of Wilson's "A Dream Play"?
> 
> --yelena
> 
>
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