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Dramatists Sourcebook: Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists, 25th Edition [Paperback]

Theatre Communications Group (Editor)
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November 1, 2008
“The deities of the theatre are the playwrights. These gods have their own bible—the Dramatist Sourcebook.” —Back Stage.

“The Sourcebook is a treasure trove of sound advice and practical information for the working writer. It provides a road map for beginning writers and is an essential reference for those well traveled.” —Donald Margulies, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends

If a playwright washes up on a desert island, one of her 10 books must be the Dramatist Sourcebook. With the Sourcebook one could even publish from there.” — Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of How I Learned to Drive

Called “the essential guide to professional opportunities and playscript procedures” by The Dramatist Guild of America.

The Dramatist Sourcebook contains more than 900 opportunities for playwrights, translators, composers, lyricists and librettists, including script-submission procedures for hundreds of professional theatres, more than 100 prizes and scores of publishers, fellowships, residencies, developmental programs, agents, service organizations, state arts agencies and reference publications. This fully revised 24th edition is thoroughly indexed and contains an invaluable calendar of submission guidelines, as well as the Simple Working Guide for Playwrights by Tony Kushner.
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group; 25 edition (November 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1559363363
  • ISBN-13: 978-1559363365
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #808,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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10 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Other Reviewer Is An Idiot, June 10, 2009
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This review is from: Dramatists Sourcebook: Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists, 25th Edition (Paperback)
The person who gave this book a one-star review is basically just bitching about a defective copy that he received -- totally irrelevant to the quality and content of the Dramatists Sourcebook itself. It's a great book, clearly written, detailed, well-organized, a highly useful tool for any playwright.
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7 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Printing Errors Galore in this Edition, February 28, 2009
This review is from: Dramatists Sourcebook: Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists, 25th Edition (Paperback)
I always purchase a Dramatists Sourcebook as soon as the new edition is released. I would normally give this publication four or five stars, but this edition is missing 49 pages right in the middle of the book!

It also reproduces the same 47 pages back to back. Here's how the numbering goes in the book I received:

Pages 1-180 are fine.
Then it immediately skips to pages 229-276; I'm missing pages 181-228.
Then immediately after page 276, it goes right back and repeats pages 229 - 276, the same exact pages.
Then it continues on through to page 322.

This is not a case of the pages simply being numbered incorrectly and the content being correct; the exact same pages, 229-276, are literally duplicated.

If a corrected version of this edition is sent to me, I will amend this review at once.

UPDATE: Today, 3/5/09, TCG sent me a new copy of this book without the printing errors. They sent me the following email response two days ago:

"Thank you very much for letting us know. We sincerely apologize for that. Apparently there was a mix up at the printing house and a shipment's signatures were duplicated. We are sending you a new one from our offices here. Again, we do apologize."

I am unable to amend the the number of stars for this review. The corrected publication merits four stars. If it were published in a slightly more timely manner, meaning some of the deadlines within weren't already passed by the time the book hits the stands, it would be a five-star publication.

One further suggestion would be, in addition to Tony Kushner's helpful introduction, to have detailed specifications for things like indentation of stage directions, margins, title page, cast of character page, etc. Would be most helpful to have a couple of pages of examples instead of just a couple of lines. Also, Mr. Kushner's example shows a space between printing a character's name and their dialogue, whereas all other examples I have seen allow for there to be no space here.

All in all a great tool.
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