Playwriting

Playwriting is the composition of dramatic scripts written specifically for theatrical performance, employing dialogue and staged action as primary means of narrative expression.

184

Publications

6.1K

Citations

289

Authors

111

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Dramatic Writing

Parents

Creative WritingPerforming ArtsTheatre Studies

Children

Act StructureCharacter ArcCharacter DevelopmentConflict DesignContemporary PlaywritingDialogue WritingDramatic IronyDramatic StructureExperimental PlaywritingHistorical Drama

Publications

184

Dramatizing Data: A Primer

Johnny Saldaña · Qualitative Inquiry · 2003 · 272 citations

Humanities, Performing Arts, Theatre Studies +14

Co-Writing Screenplays and Theatre Scripts with Language Models: Evaluation by Industry Professionals

Piotr Mirowski, Kory W. Mathewson, Jaylen Pittman et al. · 2023 · 217 citations · Full text

Arts, Creative Writing, Performing Arts +17

Witnessing causal nonseparability

New Journal of Physics · 2015 · 212 citations · Full text

Humanities, Performing Arts, Dramaturgy +6

No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider

John Pilling, Samuel Beckett, Alan Schneider et al. · The Modern Language Review · 2000 · 160 citations

Humanities, Performing Arts, Theatre Studies +6

Women and playwriting in nineteenth-century Britain

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 130 citations

Humanities, Gender Studies, History +16

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Authors

289

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Peter Jelavich
3 publications · 134 citations
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D.D. Kandlur
IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center, United States
2 publications · 68 citations
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Paul Gardiner
University of Wollongong, Australia
2 publications · 43 citations
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Tara Goldstein
University of Toronto, Canada
2 publications · 66 citations
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Elaine Aston
2 publications · 40 citations
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Institutions

111

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Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 13 publications · 535 citations
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Theatre Journal
9 publications · 240 citations
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The Modern Language Review
4 publications · 265 citations
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Theatre Research International
3 publications · 53 citations
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IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
3 publications · 41 citations
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See also Playwriting
Core Techniques	Dramatic Irony Symbolism Suspense Nonlinear Narrative Visual Dramaturgy
Dramatic Structure	Three-act Structure Rhythm In Dramatic Poetry Cause-effect Chains Inciting Incident
Genres	Interactive Drama
Performance Constraints	Stage Directions Embodied Practice Visual Dramaturgy
Revision Practices	Script Annotation Version Control Formative Feedback