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Douglas Wright (born December 20, 1962) [1] is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter.Known for his extensive work in the American theatre in both plays and musicals, he has received numerous accolades including the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award.
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from poets.
In 1986, he wrote One Thing More, a play about the 7th century Northumbrian monk Cædmon who was suddenly given the gift of composing song; [10] The play was first broadcast on BBC radio, [11] and then performed by the Next Stage Company directed by Joan White at Chelsea Old Church, November 1988, [12] and at Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire, June ...
He takes his family to Vermont for a two-week vacation. TV Guide synopsized the drama: "While on vacation, a father and son set a rabbit trap. They are to return the next day to free the rabbit, a prospective pet for the boy. But the family is forced to return to the city after a rush call from the father's demanding boss."
Kenneth Burke was an established literary critic who has contributed immensely to rhetoric theory. [1] Originally influenced by Shakespeare and Aristotle's rhetoric, he developed his theory of Dramatism, separating himself from the two by adding the importance of motive.
A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults authors, and does public relations work.
Dramaturgy is distinct from play writing and directing, although the three may be practiced by one individual. [1] Some dramatists combine writing and dramaturgy when creating a drama. Others work with a specialist, called a dramaturge, to adapt a work for the stage. Dramaturgy may also be broadly defined as "adapting a story to actable form."
The Turn of the Play: The action of one or more of the characters which sets the course of events moving towards the crisis or climax. The Steps of Action, leading to climax (sometimes called Rising Action): A. B. C. etc. The Decisive Point of Action. Something takes place which makes it impossible for the "rising action" to go further.