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We can’t get those two hours back – drama works as time unfolds

How does a play 'work' and how conscious are we of dramaturgical intent on stage?
15 Apr 2015
Julian Meyrick
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The New Group’s 2009 production of Mourning Becomes Electra. Image via flavorwire.com

This is a long-read essay, the second in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Part one is here. 

Asked whether his films had a beginning, middle and end, the director Jean-Luc Godard famously replied ‘yes, but not necessarily in that order’.

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Julian Meyrick
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Julian Meyrick is Professor of Creative Arts at Flinders University.

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