The Basics of Dramaturgy. How to Learn to Write, Read, Understand, Love, and Stage Drama in the Theater

Theater is not just magic and wonder on stage. There are laws and rules. Dramaturgy may seem like a complex science, but the whole question is from which side to approach it. This book, written by experienced playwright Valentin Krasnogorov,... allows you to look at theater in a new way. There will be no boring academicism or dry institutional theory. This book will teach you to watch, understand, love, and stage plays in the theater like never before. The book is of interest to playwrights, screenwriters, directors, actors, literary scholars, theater experts, students of theater, film, and humanities universities and colleges, participants in amateur theaters, and for all those interested in literature, dramaturgy, and theater, both for specialists and for readers without special training.