Playwriting
A Complete Guide to Creating Theater
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:11th Feb '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Fifteen chapters explain every aspect of playwriting, with excerpts from classic and prominent modern works, quotations from noted playwrights, and anecdotes from the author's personal experiences with such masters as Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. Interviews with A.R. Gurney, Lloyd Richards, Connie Congdon, Alfred Uhry, and others are included. An appendix gives information about submitting playscripts, getting grants, entering contests, doing play festivals, securing an agent and other topics of interest to aspiring playwrights.
“strongly recommended..a ‘must read’”—Midwest Book Review; “excerpts from classic plays and prominent modern works [and] anecdotes from the author’s personal experiences”—Theater Crafts; “emphasis throughout is upon the craft of dramatic literary production...style is persuasive”—Speech & Drama.
ISBN: 9780786477470
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
Weight: 268g
191 pages