 A given piece of literary writing “for the stage” may be either a work of dramatic literature or a script, either a writing to be read for certain literary features and values or a writing to be used in a quite different way. That a bit of writing functions as a work of dramatic literature does not alter the fact that the relevant effects, features, and values to be analyzed and examined are exactly those that are analyzed and examined with respect to any other narrative literary work. Crucially, a work of dramatic literature does not require theatrical performance for the realization of those effects, features, or values (Worthen 2007, Hamilton 2009b).