Michael, the distinction "between *reading* a play and experiencing a play in a theater" sounds interesting. I suppose acting in a play is another way to sense the play as well.
I used to read plays as a teenager. My brother Otto used to write the most obscene plays in the first years of his schizophrenia. I like the format, especially the stage directions. I think the last play I borrowed to read (like maybe five years ago) is THE MILKTRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE, by Tennessee Williams. I mostly know this work via the movie BOOM starring Taylor and Burton.
Odd, I'm not at all a fan of experiencing plays in theaters. I think it's mostly the crowded audiences that I don't like.
I might just try to find that Miller introduction to read myself.
I wonder if anyone ever wrote about writing a play while simultaneously acting out the play in front of a "virtual" audience?
I used to read plays as a teenager. My brother Otto used to write the most obscene plays in the first years of his schizophrenia. I like the format, especially the stage directions. I think the last play I borrowed to read (like maybe five years ago) is THE MILKTRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE, by Tennessee Williams. I mostly know this work via the movie BOOM starring Taylor and Burton.
Odd, I'm not at all a fan of experiencing plays in theaters. I think it's mostly the crowded audiences that I don't like.
I might just try to find that Miller introduction to read myself.
I wonder if anyone ever wrote about writing a play while simultaneously acting out the play in front of a "virtual" audience?