SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY
DRAMATURGY FROM THE LAST DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY Cover Image

PROBLEME SOCIALE ÎN DRAMATURGIA DOCUMENTARĂ AMERICANĂ DIN ULTIMELE DECENII ALE SECOLULUI XX
SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY DRAMATURGY FROM THE LAST DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Author(s): Mariana Starciuc
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice
Keywords: documentary theater; verbatim; interview; dramatic text; fiction;

Summary/Abstract: Beginning with the 1970s in the United State, there appeared a series of documentary pieces associated with the social problems of states (racial hatred, the shooting of adolescents in schools and universities), later in the early 2000s - with the development of the global counterterrorism operation. It is during this period that the technique “verbatim” appears, as a working tool in the creation of texts, used by a number of playwrights, including Martin Duberman, Eric Bentley, Emiy Mann, Anna Deavere Smith, Eve Ensler and others. a. In the article we follow an overview of the most representative texts an the created theatrical projects based on interviews, documents, pre-existing materials.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2(35)
  • Page Range: 104-108
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Romanian