Writing a Play
Published on 30. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7136-6945-9 (ISBN)
Description
A practical guide to the process of play-writing, this book will take budding writers for the stage through the process, beginning with original inspiration, through plotting, structuring and characterization, to the successful realization of the idea. This revised edition includes a new chapter covering stage realism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-6945-9 (9780713669459)
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Steve Gooch's version of Brecht's The Mother is the standard version in use in British theatre today. His other translations include Fassbinder's Cock Artist; he is also well-known as a palywright in his own right, particularly for Female Transport, which has been produced 200 times around the world.