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THE 1005: Module 2 - The Playwright
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These module resources cover essential playwrighting terminology, emphasizing the distinction between "playwright" and "playwrite," and exploring the nature of plays as action blueprints rather than traditional literature. Users will be introduced to prominent playwrights such as Lauren Gunderson, Tony Kushner, David Henry Hwang, and Suzan-Lori Parks, and learn about them through various  activities, including reading assignments, dialogue writing exercises, and personal reflections.(Title Image Attribution: Leading Ladies Paris Community Theatre Paris Tx by Amy Claxton is licensed CC BY 2.0)

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Performing Arts
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Activity/Lab
Module
Author:
Red Rocks CC
Date Added:
07/11/2024
Playwrights' Workshop
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This course provides continued work in the development of play scripts for the theater. Writers work on sustained pieces in weekly workshop meetings, individual consultation with the instructor, and in collaboration with student actors, directors, and designers. Fully developed scripts are eligible for inclusion in the Playwrights’ Workshop Production.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Composition and Rhetoric
English Language Arts
Literature
Performing Arts
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Brody, Alan
Date Added:
02/01/2012
Playwriting I
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This class introduces the craft of writing for the theater. Through weekly assignments, in class writing exercises, and work on a sustained piece, students explore scene structure, action, events, voice, and dialogue. We examine produced playscripts and discuss student work. This class’s emphasis is on process, risk-taking, and finding one’s own voice and vision.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Composition and Rhetoric
English Language Arts
Literature
Performing Arts
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Harrington, Laura
Date Added:
02/01/2005
Shakespeare
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Three hundred and eighty years after his death, William Shakespeare remains the central author of the English-speaking world; he is the most quoted poet and the most regularly produced playwright — and now among the most popular screenwriters as well. Why is that, and who “is” he? Why do so many people think his writing is so great? What meanings did his plays have in his own time, and how do we read, speak, or listen to his words now? What should we watch for when viewing his plays in performance? Whose plays are we watching, anyway? We’ll consider these questions as we carefully examine a sampling of Shakespeare’s plays from a variety of critical perspectives.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Literature
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
MIT
Provider Set:
MIT OpenCourseWare
Author:
Donaldson, Peter
Henderson, Diana
Raman, Shankar
Date Added:
02/01/2004