Playwriting: A Practical GuidePsychology Press, 2005 - 204 pages Playwriting offers a practical guide to the creation of text for live performance. It contains a wealth of exercises for amateur and professional playwrights. Usable in a range of contexts, the book works as:
The result of Noël Greig's thirty years' experience as a playwright, actor, director and teacher, Playwriting is the ideal handbook for anyone who engages with playwriting and is ultimately concerned with creating a story and bringing it to life on the stage. |
Contents
Preface xii | 9 |
Theme | 43 |
Building a character | 60 |
Finding the story | 86 |
Location | 119 |
The individual voice | 131 |
Second draft | 157 |
Performance projects | 193 |
Leading the process | 200 |
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References to this book
Young at Art: Classroom Playbuilding in Practice Christine Hatton,Sarah Lovesy No preview available - 2009 |