By: simon

simon — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:52:55 +0000

The playwright-as-rockstar thing was part of what made the 70’s new wave great – although it has had strange aftereffects (see, Willimason, D, for examples of an artist getting by on hits and memories). But the follow on model seemed to be the “one-or-two-great-white-hopes-of-playwriting” (Louis Nowra went through a hot period, similarly Hannie Rayson and Joanna Murray-Smith). This isn’t necessarily condusive to good and varied writing either. I do agree, though, that dramaturging rarely seems to do anything more than delay and bland out a potentially interesting script. The raw edges of a script can be where it gets the most interesting…

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By: simon