Why does a play write,or dramatist, need to consider the collaboration of the other artists in writing a play?

Answer 1

Because the playwright isn't going to produce or perform the play.

If I don't consider who is going to have to say my lines, I could write something that no one can say with a straight face. Believe me, it can happen. Very few people actually talk the way they write--or the way I write. Get out a good book sometime and read it aloud. Then imagine talking that way to your friends. If the writer is good, the dialog might be all right--but those long paragraphs telling you what the countryside looked like?

By the same token, it's easy to describe a setting that nobody can build a set for. Or demand props nobody can build--or at least nobody can afford. Or give stage directions that nobody can carry out--there are things you just can't physically DO convincingly on stage.

I read once about a wannabe playwright who wrote an entire scene which consisted of a young woman in her bedroom in the middle of the night, tossing and turning in her bed, overcome with emotion. At the end of the scene, she cries out "Oh, God, give me strength!" and the curtain falls.

Somehow the playwright expected that poor actress to let a theater full of people--some of them fifty feet or more away, in the back row--know how upset she was, why she was upset, how hopeless she felt, and so on. By herself. With nobody to talk to. Without saying anything. While lying in a bed. With the blankets pulled up to her chin. WITH NO LIGHTS!!!

(Note: That might work in a movie. It might even be great in a movie. But some of what worked on the stage might go over like a mudslide in the movie version. Movies have different rules. Another thing to think about...)

Of course, not every mistake will result in making the cast do something impossible. But you still have to remember what they can do well, what they can do sorta, and what is just gonna look stupid. And it helps if you think about what kind of people will be performing. Or what kind of budget the props department will have.

Something that a Broadway theater with a Disney budget can do in their sleep might look pretty bad when a community theater tries to pull it off in a suburb of Jackson, Tennessee. Do you really want to make sure NOBODY with a budget of less than $500,000 will buy the rights to put on your play? Ever?

Sorry to go into such detail. But it's the kind of thing you have to keep in mind when you write plays--for stage, screen, radio, or whatever.

Answer 2

They don't. There are many writers who just write for self expression... for the joy of sharing concepts, emotions, and experiences with others. These writers will find it difficult to work with directors or producers who want to put their own spin / vision on the writer's work which can cause conflict. If the writer is diligent enough, however, he/she can find a team willing maintain the integrity of the original work.
That being said, the above scenario may not translate well into a commercial endeavor.

Answer 3

it's playwright. Because he doesn't want to create something imporssible to produce. And because theatre is a collaboratory art form/