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Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives by Lajos Egri Staff Pick If you begged me to give you the title of one "how-to" book on the topic of screenwriting and wouldn't give up until I told you, then it would have to be this classic introduction to the craft. Often used as a textbook in screenwriting classes, Lajos... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Plays and Performance Texts by Women 1880-1930: An Anthology of Plays by British and American Women from the Modernist Period (Women, Theatre and Performance) by Maggie B. (edt) Gale Publisher Comments This groundbreaking anthology, part of the Women, Theatre and Performance series, brings together an extraordinary mix of one-act and full length plays and solo performance texts written by women. Included in the volume are texts by Beatrice Herford... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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Introduction To Play Analysis (05 Edition) by Cal Pritner About the Author Cal Pritner began teaching in Kansas City public schools; after serving in the military, he earned MA and PhD degrees at the University of Illinois, Urbana. As a theatre professor he has taught at: Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Illinois... (read more) List Price $47.85 Your price: $39.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing by Stuart Spencer Publisher Comments An accessible, contemporary guide to the art of dramatic writing During the ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective playwriting handbook for his courses. Although most of the currently popular handbooks... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays by David Ball Publisher Comments This guide to playreading for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather then contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts. Ball developed his method during his work as Literary Director... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Library of America #119-: Tennessee Williams: Plays 1957-1980 by Tennessee Williams Publisher Comments The adventurous and sometimes shocking later works of playwright Tennessee Williams, from 1957 to 1980, are collected in this volume, which includes "Orpheus Descending, Suddenly Last Summer", and "The Night of the Iguana".... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Art and Craft of Playwriting (96 Edition) by Jeffrey Hatcher Publisher Comments Jeffrey Hatcher knows the nuts and bolts of writing for the theater. Here, he shares his views on it all - from building tension and plotting a scene, right down to moving a character from one side of the stage to the other. From crafting an intriguing... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht Publisher Comments Few authors have had such a dramatic effect as Bertolt Brecht. His work has helped to shape a generation of writers, theatergoers, and thinkers. His plays are studied worldwide as texts that changed the face of theater.<P>The Caucasian Chalk Circle... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Insightment by John Chambers Synopsis Five new plays. The meek / berk / interfaces / belongings / the look Chambers view of the decay of modern society is brilliantly expressed through alternately stylised and naturalistic language with plenty of sex and humour intermingled The... (read more) Your price: $19.25 New - Trade Paper
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Sarah Kane in Context by Lauren De Vos Publisher Comments Blasted brought Sarah Kane to the theatre pages of the broadsheets, the front pages of the tabloids, and to the notice of the nation.Love me or kill me is the first study of the most significant British dramatist in post-war theatre. It covers all Kane's... (read more) Your price: $34.50 New - Trade Paper
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A Mambo Duet by Eugene Rodriguez Synopsis A Mambo Duet is a collection of two plays, Mambo Louis and the Dancing Machine and The Mambo Cafe. Mambo Louie and the Dancing Machine is a Romantic Comedy played out in the Mambo clubs of New York City. Mambo Louie, is a hump at the phone company, but... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Erik Miteus by J. D. Peterson Publisher Comments Though at least two worlds have scorned the literature of the infamous, ancient Ornian writer JP Homer, it has not prevented his works from being read by both adult and youth alike with surprise and appreciation for the lunatic wit. Like the epic poem... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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Playwriting: The First Workshop by Kathleen George Publisher Comments This is a practical introduction to the basic principles, structures and processes of writing plays. Beginning with simple concepts and exercises, this book gradually builds in complexity, until the reader is writing his or her one act play. Writing... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Tony Kushner in Conversation (98 Edition) by Tony Kushner Publisher Comments In the Fall of 1992, Millennium Approaches, the first part of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, won England's prestigious Evening Standard award as the season's Best Play. By the Spring of 1993, Millennium had come to Broadway and won its highest honor... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Grenadine by Neil Wechsler Publisher Comments Neil Wechsler's Grenadinehas been chosen as the second winner of the Yale Drama Series. The play was selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and contest judge Edward Albee. Grenadineis the fantastical story of a man's quest for love in the company... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $16.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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British Theatre of the 1990s: Interviews with Directors, Playwrights, Critics and Academics by Mireia Aragay Publisher Comments This exciting book uniquely combines interviews with scholars and practitioners in theatre studies to look at what most people feel is a pivotal moment of British theatre--the 1990s. Featuring interviews with key names in the field (including Max... (read more) Your price: $109.50 New - Hardcover
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Performing the Goat: A Collection of One Act Plays by Darren Brealey Publisher Comments This book holds a very interesting group of plays. They seem to hold their targets very precisely, as the settings do not have a locale-specific context. Fergus' Envy invites us to the eccentric Lord Florien Thrust's mansion where a week-long birthday... (read more) Your price: $12.50 New - Trade Paper
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La Voz Latina: Contemporary Plays and Performance Pieces by Latinas by Elizabeth C. (edt) Ramirez Publisher Comments Surveying the Latina theatre movement in the United States since the 1980s, La Voz Latina brings together contemporary plays and performance pieces by innovative Latina playwrights. This rich collection of varying styles, forms, themes, and genres... (read more) Your price: $70.75 New - Hardcover
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Playwriting: The Structure of Action by Sam Smiley Publisher Comments This practical guide provides the principles of dramatic writing. Playwrights and screenwriters will discover these essential principles and acquire the tools to put them to use. Sam Smiley incorporates extensive new material in Playwriting: The... (read more) Your price: $22.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Playwriting for Dummies by Angelo Parra Publisher Comments Presents an introduction to playwriting, discussing such topics as finalizing the story, creating the script, making revisions, conducting auditions, choosing a director, getting a producer, and promotion.... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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