Writing a Play
1st Edition
Published on 8. June 2020
160 pages
978-1-350-20117-0 (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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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-20117-0 (9781350201170)
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Person
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.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. 'What's it about?'
- 2. Entering the arena
- 3. Bare bones
- 4. Summing it up
- 5. Free speech
- 6. The forces with you
- 7. Shaping up
- 8. On second thoughts
- 9. Into the market-place
- 10. Into production
- 11. The mind's eye
- 12. First and last
- Index
