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Technology and Dramaturgical Development: Five Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2009

Arnold Aronson
Arnold Aronson
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Arnold Aronson is Professor of Theatre Studies, The School of Arts, Columbia University, New York.
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In her landmark book, The History of the Greek and Roman Theater, the great historian Margarete Bieber stated simply and elegantly, ‘The development of the theater building always follows the development of dramatic literature.’ While historians, of course, have always attempted to explain the drama in terms of known architectural, scenographic, and technological practices, the effect of one upon the other has been less fully or successfully explored. Why, for instance, is the reverse of Bieber's statement not true? And in the rapidly changing technology of the contemporary world, is it possible that technology has become a causal factor in the development of drama?

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Theatre Research International , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , Summer 1999 , pp. 188 - 197
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Copyright © International Federation for Theatre Research 1999

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Notes

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