An Introduction to the Shakespearian Dramaturge
By Patrick Gerard
What is a dramaturge? In short, a dramaturge is a role pioneered by Gotthold Lessing in 18 th century Germany. In practice, a dramaturge studies the symbolic interaction within the text of a play, analyzes the Aristotelian structure, advises on cuts and revisions and consults on [...]
An Introduction to the Shakespearian Dramaturge
Variations on the Death of Trotsky Design Notes
For future blackmail/reference purposes, here are my overbearing and eccentric notes to the designers for the one act David Ives play I directed entitled Variations on the Death of Trotsky:
Notes to Designers Christian Boy and Alice Bristow
Statement of Vision
Variations on the Death of Trotsky is a dark comedy. It is both Post-Modern and Existentialist. On [...]
Fractals Presentation
How far away is the edge of existence? How small is the smallest thing imaginable? These are questions pondered by mathematicians, philosophers, physicists and poets for as long as humans have looked up to the stars with expectation or into their own minds with contemplation. It is said that history [...]
Leon Trotsky and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Postscript Note: This story later appeared in the Berry College Literary Magazine Ramifications.
[I]n all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves the system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than that of the initial state.”
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty [...]
