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| re: Stage directions | |
| Posted by: | AlanScott 06:06 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Stage directions - ryhog 10:30 am EST 12/20/15 |
| I think you meant that post as a response to someone else. | |
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| Posted by: | ryhog 10:30 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Stage directions - AlanScott 06:06 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| no but that's ok. | |
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| Posted by: | AlanScott 11:15 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Stage directions - ryhog 10:30 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| If you did intend it as a reply to my post, then I'm really puzzled. | |
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| Posted by: | ryhog 11:30 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Stage directions - AlanScott 11:15 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| Any day I can puzzle you is a good day :-) My post was really cumulative of several, and I think my focus was not the same as yours. (I was talking about legalities and you were talking about how published scripts evolve.) My reference to "timing" was simply intended to mean that regardless of how a script evolves to its published form (whether an acting edition or otherwise), the author has to sign off on it, so to say it is the SM's version ought not be read as suggesting it is some outlier from what the author sanctioned. As I said (I think) earlier in this thread, some authors care deeply about how their work is presented, and others simply don't. In America, in the theatre (close to uniquely), it's a wild kingdom when it comes to scripts and the control of what transpires on a stage. | |
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| Posted by: | AlanScott 12:16 am EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Stage directions - ryhog 11:30 pm EST 12/20/15 |
| Well, I did start to think "ryhog intends this as a cumulative post, not a specific response to mine," but still it was puzzling since, as you say, my focus and your focus were rather different. Another thing to remember: It was by no means uncommon at one time, and may still happen sometimes, for a version of a script published in hardcover (or sometimes in paperback) to differ from the acting edition. Sometimes the differences were merely in terms of there being stage directions in the acting edition that were not in the edition meant for a more general readership, but also sometimes in dialogue and other elements. | |
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| Posted by: | ryhog 01:01 am EST 12/21/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Stage directions - AlanScott 12:16 am EST 12/21/15 |
| very true. Also remember that no matter what script a producer approaches a licensing office about, the rights are going to be granted on the version the rightsholder wants performed. And also also understand that no Bway production contract is negotiated by the producer calling Samuel French, DPS or the like. | |
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