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What is dramaturgy?
I'm glad you asked!
Dramaturgy is
context. This has often been interpreted
as providing access to facts which surround the structure, period, and events
of the play.
Ideally, dramaturgy can be more
than that. In looking at its etymology, “context”
denotes more than simply the construction of a text; it allows one “to weave
together.” Dramaturgy provides avenues
to understanding a play on many different levels, allowing the audience to interweave a variety of possible perspectives into their own personal
experiences of the performance.
In other
words, dramaturgy isn’t intended to provide all of the answers; it is designed
to help figure out which questions to ask.
