A guide for writers at all phases of their careers - from those who have never written for the stage to those who want to grow beyond their current productions - The Playwright's Handbook helps you craft a script into a successful theatrical work and get it produced. Written by Frank Pike, an award-winning playwright, and Thomas G. Dunn, founder of the prestigious Minneapolis Playwrights Center, this guide contains the expertise of professionals actively working in the theater. Their positive, up-to-date advice is reality based, effective, and tells you up front how to make money with your talent.
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This book is a friendly guide to an almost mystical subject; the stage play.Good clear advice and encouragment along the way. If you love the stage go for it.
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Let's start at point zero and assume you know little or nothing about the mechanics of playwriting-or even creative writing as a whole. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonperformance workshop, central reflector, disrupted ritual, experienced playwrights, rough scenario, specific sensory details, unsolicited work, polish the scene, unsolicited scripts, cold reading, staged reading, master playwrights, overall play, new playwrights, past productions, literary manager, workshop approach, unresolved relationship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Beginning Workshop, Intermediate Workshop, Advanced Workshop, Little Deke, Commonsense Guideline, New Dramatists, Eugene O'Neill, Grandma Sisters, Honored Dead, Los Angeles, Lanford Wilson, Edward Albee, Emily Mann, Vietnam War, After Jimmy, Anton Chekhov, Audrey Wood, Character Exercise, George Bernard Shaw, Greyhound Bus Depot, Henrik Ibsen, Jimmy Sisters, John Olive, Scene Two New!
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nonperformance workshop, central reflector, disrupted ritual, experienced playwrights, rough scenario, specific sensory details, unsolicited work, polish the scene, unsolicited scripts, cold reading, staged reading, master playwrights, overall play, new playwrights, past productions, literary manager, workshop approach, unresolved relationship Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Beginning Workshop, Intermediate Workshop, Advanced Workshop, Little Deke, Commonsense Guideline, New Dramatists, Eugene O'Neill, Grandma Sisters, Honored Dead, Los Angeles, Lanford Wilson, Edward Albee, Emily Mann, Vietnam War, After Jimmy, Anton Chekhov, Audrey Wood, Character Exercise, George Bernard Shaw, Greyhound Bus Depot, Henrik Ibsen, Jimmy Sisters, John Olive, Scene Two New!
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- Angels in America: Part Two: Perestroika: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (Pt. 2) by Tony Kushner on 4 pages
- Agnes of God (Play) by John Pielmeier on 4 pages
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Signet) by Tennessee Williams on page 62, page 69, and page 119
- The Cherry Orchard by David Mamet on page 53, page 66, and page 83
- Top Girls by Caryl Churchill on page 56, and page 75
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- Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing Course by Jerry Cleaver on page 254, and Index
- Developing Story Ideas by Michael Rabiger on page 188
- Playwright Power by Robert Friedman in Back Matter
- Writing Your First Play, Second Edition by Roger Hall in Back Matter
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