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The Secret Life of Plays
A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes…
The Skeleton Key - Unlocking the Secrets of Writing Outstanding Plays For and By Young People
The Skeleton Key is for anyone - writers, directors, teachers, students - anyone interested in making new plays which have a writer at the heart of the process It offers an insight into how leading professional…
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
An idea for a play can be sparked off by a childhood memory, a snatch of conversation, a chance meeting, a newspaper headline… This guide offers a practical and comprehensive approach to every stage…
The Stage Writers Handbook - A Complete Business Guide for Playwrights & Composers & Lyricists and Librettists
Written in a straightforward manner, with complicated matters clearly explained, this is truly a work no writer for the stage can afford to be without Here, for the first time, Dana Singer gathers the…
The Theatre Essays of Arthur Miller
The twenty-three essays and three interviews collected here give us Arthur Miller's views on the theatre including such topics as the origins of modern drama, the nature of tragedy, what makes plays endure,…
The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht
This classic study of Brecht’s theatre from eight different aspects was first published in 1959 The book aims to explain the difficult aspects of his ideology and political leanings in a straightforward…
The Writing Group Book - Creating and Sustaining a Successful Writing Group
Every writer, published or unpublished, needs inspiration, feedback, motivation, and the support of a like-minded community Many look for these things in professionally led workshops or classes, but a…
What Happens in Hamlet
Professor Dover Wilson analyses the play very carefully; signifying each part of complex action and also deals with the background of Elizabethan beliefs Reprinted edition published 1967 by Cambridge University…
Why Is That So Funny? A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy
A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written…
Writing Comedy
Byrne breaks down the basics of writing comedy into simple steps and shows that with a combination of talent, hard work, and a systematic approach, you can discover and make the most of your abilities.…
Writing Dialogue for Scripts - Effective Dialogue for Film & TV & Radio and Stage
This work deals with the media of stage, radio, television and film, giving plenty of practical advice Chapters deal with how conversation works, naturalistic and stylized dialogue, pace and variation,…
Writing Down the Bones - Freeing the Writer Within
This text offers encouragement and advice on many aspects of the writer’s craft, from “first thoughts” to the use and misuse of adverbs, from where the best places are to write - both…
Writing Musical Theater - HARDBACK
A complete guide to the modern musical, covering the entire process of creating a show, from finding and working out the initial idea, through the writing of both songs and libretto, to the ways in which…
Writing a Play
A guide to all stages of playwriting, from original inspiration through plotting, structuring, characterisation, dialogue and rewriting It also covers how to market your play, the pros and cons of working…
Writing from Experience from Louisa May Alcott to Virginia Woolf
Required reading for anyone wishing to gain insight into the thoughts of the great writers, this is a unique collection of letters, articles and extracts penned by some of the most eminent authors of English…
Writing the Great American Screenplay - 4 CD Audio Seminar
Writers once dreamed of writing novels. Now screenplays top the dream list. In this fast-moving and entertaining seminar, two top teachers explain the sometimes ungentle art of writing salable movie and…
Young Playwrights 101 - via Email ONLY
Want to write plays that will actually get produced? Then meet your new best friend - Young Playwrights 101 will guide you through the playwriting process, from initial idea to submission Created…
