WILL HAMMOND

Verbatim: Contemporary Documentary Theatre

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  • Екатерина Петроваhas quoted7 years ago
    When we performed Talking to Terrorists at the Royal Court, the Anti-Terrorist Branch at Scotland Yard came to see the play and said they found it very informative.
  • Екатерина Петроваhas quoted7 years ago
    The purpose of the theatre is not to provide the solutions, but to state the problems more clearly
  • Екатерина Петроваhas quoted7 years ago
    Peter Cheeseman’s Stoke documentaries; Rolf Hochhuth’s historical excavations; Anna Deavere Smith’s one-person dramatisations: contemporary documentary theatre has a rich heritage to draw on.
  • Екатерина Петроваhas quoted7 years ago
    Erwin Piscator’s ‘living newspaper
  • Екатерина Петроваhas quoted7 years ago
    theatre, outside of their imagination
  • Екатерина Петроваhas quoted7 years ago
    verbatim is not a form, it is a technique; it is a means rather than an end.
  • Ashley Hardmanhas quoted9 years ago
    providing an opportunity for non-experts to grapple with the detail of important public enquiries for themselves, and in the process, if they’re lucky, to spur a powerful person into positive action.
  • Asya Leonovahas quoted9 years ago
    You look for the laughter and you look for the dialogue, and they’re all helpful points along the way.
  • Asya Leonovahas quoted9 years ago
    You’re not doing impersonations of these people, but you are trying to capture their spirit in some way
  • Asya Leonovahas quoted9 years ago
    One of the problems with some documentary theatre is that it tends to lack scenes between people.
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