Intermediality and the science play

What is it about?

Plays that deal with the postclassical sciences are better able to communicate the strangeness of some scientific concepts if they avoid realism and author biography and instead use multimedia effects to create cognitive dissonances.

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Why is it important?

The trend in dramatic writing on science is to follow the pattern of the well-made play. While this can be useful with some forms of science, it isn't effective at communicating the counter-intuitiveness of some scientific concepts. Intermedial theatre is one option writers and theatre artists can explore, as seen in such work as that of Complicite, Luca Roncononi, and others