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Fidelity plus Flair
American title
Types of dramaturgical writing
Dramaturgically speaking...
Acting edition: Single playscript published with no introduction but only the text, usually in a plain paper cover.
Topics for investigation
U.S. Code & Berne Convention
Fair use: “…the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use…for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching… scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
Adaptation throughout history
The Menaechmi inspired Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and Dario Fo’s Trumpets and Raspberries.
A new translation/adaptation?
Aesthetic considerations—Plot, characters, setting
Copyright considerations re: Rhinoceros case study
Fair use
Permission requests
In the standard contract for a license to produce a play, language about using the playscript intact is always included. Any script changes revert to the original author’s or copyright holder’s ownership.
U.S. Copyright Office
Rhinoceros permission request
Standard practice
Change is needed
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Author: Kristen E. Gandrow
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