How Plays Work: A Practical Guide to Playwriting - Softcover

Edgar, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854593714 ISBN 13: 9781854593719

Verlag: Nick Hern Books, 2010

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Distinguished playwright David Edgar examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have employed to structure their plays and to express their meaning. Written for playwrights and playgoers alike, Edgar's analysis starts with the building blocks of whole plays - plot, character creation, genre and structure - and moves on to scenes and devices. He shows how plays share a common architecture without which the uniqueness of their authors' vision would be invisible. What does King Lear have in common with Cinderella? What does Jaws owe to Ibsen? From Aeschylus to Alan Ayckbourn, from Chekhov to Caryl Churchill, are there common principles by which all plays work? "How Plays Work" is a masterclass for playwrights and playmakers and a fascinating guide to the anatomy of drama.

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David Edgar is best known for his adaptation of "Nicholas Nickleby" for the RSC (revived in West End, Xmas 2007, Following UK tour), for whom he wrote "Destiny", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "Pentecost" and "The Prisoner's Dilemma". His plays at the National include "The Shape of the Table", "Entertaining Strangers" with Judi Dench, and "Albert Speer".

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• Verlag: Nick Hern Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1854593714
• ISBN 13: 9781854593719
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220
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