PS
On 12/12/05 7:43 PM, "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The notion that you can
> put any text in that magic circle, stir it with action and it becomes
> theatre, is certainly a novel realisation to me. I'm still not
> convinced that poetry "profoundly illumines the theatre". Does this
> mean that because you're a poet you write better plays? I guess
> there's a reason that playwrights stopped using poetic meter as a way
> of delivering dialogue, I don't know enough to go there. Then again, I
> don't like Shakespeare.
Er - I think you misunderstand me. Will think further on how to explain
that I do think poetry and theatre are different things, but deeply related
writerly acts that can inform each other to mutual good. Playwrights DO
write better plays if they read and enjoy poetry, that is a fact that I can
assert from inside a play writing culture that is dominated by an
anti-poetic. And I think there are things poets can learn from
theatre/performance (not just drama). But I adore Shakespeare, one of the
richest writers in the language - I guess we will never agree on this one.
Cheers
A
Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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