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Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy is the analytical study of dramatic composition and the systematic contextualization of its textual, historical, and thematic elements for theatrical interpretation and production.

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5.2K

Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture.

John L. Gillin, J. Huizinga · American Sociological Review · 1951 · 6.6K citations

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The Laugh of the Medusa

Hélène Cixous, Keith Cohen, Paula Marantz Cohen · Signs · 1976 · 2.2K citations

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From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play

A. Theodore Kachel, Victor Turner, Bruce Wilshire · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1983 · 2.1K citations

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A theory of play and fantasy.

Gregory Bateson · Psychiatric research report · 1955 · 1.2K citations

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The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess.

Peggy McCormack, Peter Brooks · American Literature · 1985 · 912 citations

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  1. MM
    Michael Mateas

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. GB
    George Belliveau

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    10 publications · 335 citations

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  3. RJ
    Robert J. Landy

    New York University, United States

    11 publications · 300 citations

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  4. RS
    Richard Schechner

    Montefiore Medical Center, United States

    10 publications · 458 citations

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    Kathleen Gallagher

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

    11 publications · 180 citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    20 h-index

    50 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    15 h-index

    21 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    423 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    816 citations

  8. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    457 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 546 publications · 27.2K citations

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  2. Theatre Journal

    144 publications · 5.7K citations

    38

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  3. The Modern Language Review

    132 publications · 4.9K citations

    36

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  4. Educational Theatre Journal

    99 publications · 3.7K citations

    34

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See also

Dramaturgy

Core Methods

Textual Analysis

Theoretical Approaches

Historical Context

Production Roles