Der Dramatiker als fiktiver Regisseur. Friedrich Dürrenmatts Bühnenanweisungen zur körperlichen Tätigkeit des Schauspielers
The Playwright as a Fictive Stage Director. Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Stage Directions Regarding the Corporal Activity of the Actor

Summary/Abstract: A playwright’s relationship with the stage can be documented from various materials (interviews, notes while working on theirdrama texts, theoretical writings on theater etc.), but the analysis of their stage directions is the only one that can provide a complete image in this respect. The present paper attempts to offer an overview of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s vision of the stage and of the role that stage directions play in his drama texts when it comes to the actor’s corporal activity. The fact that our analysis uses the instruments of Theatre Semiotics allows a differentiated balance between facial expressions, gestures and proxemics, and proves that a dialectic relationship between staging and drama text can only arise if the so-called“ pré-mise en scène” of the playwright is considered.

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