In October 2013, special issue 19 of TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses, ‘Scriptwriting as Creative Writing Research’, presented a landmark collection of scripted works – for stage and screen – under the rubric of verifiable research outputs. Concerned with content, form and context, those seven works from academics working in Australia demonstrated the potential of the script to embody – to perform – research. The works showcased the potential for stage plays and screenplays to be valued as research artefacts in their own right, without the need for them to be performed or produced in order to be ‘counted’ within the higher education sector.
Eighteen months later, this new Scriptwriting special issue, consolidates the work of its predecessor and, this time, uses its various contributions to expand the field. As the works in this new issue demonstrate, radio, stage and screenplays can – and do – use research to underpin their creation (practice-led research); their content and form (research-informed practice); and their critical and industrial contexts (research-led practice). The eleven works herein thus present a variety of scenarios for knowledge generation and dissemination, from playwriting history to screenwriting approaches, and from docudrama to innovative performance.
- Special issues: editorialThere is a broad spectrum of practice that can be categorised as research-based drama or theatre and this can be conceptualised across spectrums of research and performance...
- Special issues: creative worksEleven works presenting a variety of scenarios for knowledge generation and dissemination, from playwriting history to screenwriting approaches, and from docudrama to innovative performance.