TABLE OF CONTENTS
“I mean, like sort of…you know…umm”
Tina Howe photographed by Tom Bloom
It was overhearing a guy mumble this on his cell phone that made me realize it was time for The Dramatist to devote an entire issue to language. How we use it, abuse it, exalt it, explode it, erase it, repeat it, rhyme it, or even invent a new one. Words, after all, are our medium. They brand and define us. So hearing this intelligent looking guy being so inarticulate made me think about the language we give our characters—driving ourselves crazy struggling to be mindful about age, gender, class, religion, race, background, and most important, state of mind.
Subscribe to gain full access to The Dramatist Issue Archive.
Join and become a Dramatists Guild Member, Business Subscriber or subscribe to the magazine with an annual plan for unlimited access.
Guild Members receive our magazine as a benefit of membership!
