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1	Six characters in search of an author more books like this by Luigi Pirandello Six people arrive in a theatre during rehearsals for a play. But theyare not ordinary people. They are the characters of a play that has notyet been written. Trapped inside a traumatic event from which they longto escape, they desperately need a writer to complete their story andrelease them. Intrigued by their situation, the director invites ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Complete Book of Scriptwriting more books like this by J Michael Straczynski J. Michael Straczynski, writer/producer of Murder, She Wrote and xreator of Babylon 5 teaches scriptwriters how to write and sell work for television, movies, animation, radio and the theatre. Straczynski covers each medium in depth. He reveals facts, tells stories and offers observations from the vantage point of a career in the business. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Art & Craft of Playwriting more books like this by Jeffrey Hatcher Award-winning playwright Jeffrey Hatcher knows -- and shares with energy and smart advice -- the nuts and bolts of writing successful stage scripts. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $10.38! \| SVS
4	Writing the Broadway Musical more books like this by Aaron Frankel A classic updated to include the developments of the 1990s-the first book to explore in detail how to create a Broadway musical.. Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference for book- and songwriters clearly explains the fundamentals of the three crafts of a musicalbook, music, and lyrics. Using copious examples from classic ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $11.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations more books like this by Georges Polti The prefaces of many books are more enduring than the letter-press they introduce. It is as if an author's after-thoughts more nearly express his real thoughts than his well-considered, neatly planned succession of chapters. The reason for this, though a natural one, came to me only as I read and re-read the proofs of "The Thirty-six Dramatic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.42! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Successful Scriptwriting more books like this by Jurgen Wolff, Kerry Cox A comprehensive guide offering practical, down-to-earth advice and an instructionally sound step-by-step approach to TV and film scriptwriting. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
7	The frogs more books like this by Aristophanes Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. Sir Kenneth Dover's edition, with a full introduction and extensive commentary, has been the most comprehensive edition available, drawing together the relevant scholarship that has accumulated on the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Three sisters more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov National Theatre premiere for brand new version of Chekhov masterpiece in all-star production directed by Katie Mitchell Chekhov's magnificent tragi-comedy about the three Prozorov girls and their rapacious sister-in-law is revived at the National this autumn in a luminous new version by Nicholas Wright. Author of the award-winning Vincent in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Developing Story Ideas more books like this by Michael Rabiger "Developing Story Ideas" offers students and other young artists a spectrum of resources and a structure of writing practice so that anyone can quickly and reliably generate a wide variety of stories. It does so stressing the importance of understanding oneself and creating collaboratively. This book provides exercises and projects to help each ... see all copies from $3.12! new only from $16.64! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Playwright's Handbook: Revised Edition more books like this by Thomas G Dunn, Frank Pike 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	Playwriting: The Structure of Action more books like this by Sam Smiley 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 Structure of Action, a revised edition of the book that dramatists in theatre and film have relied on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.77! \| first editions \| SVS
12	How to Write a Play more books like this by Raymond Hull see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.22! \| first editions
13 view cover	Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the Art of Dramatic Writing more books like this by Stuart Spencer Having taught playwriting for ten years, Stuart Spencer could find no effective handbook for his courses - so he finally wrote his own. The result, "The Playwright's Guidebook", is a concise handbook full of the kind of wisdom that comes naturally with experience. Spencer presents a coherent way of thinking about playwriting that addresses the ... see all copies from $8.94! new only from $9.51! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Conversations with August Wilson more books like this by Jackson R Bryer (Editor), Mary C Hartig (Editor) In just over twenty years, playwright August Wilson completed a ground breaking ten-play cycle of African American life through the twentieth century. Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson is acknowledged as the most significant American playwright of his generation. This volume presents a selection of interviews, from Wilson himself, in which he ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $15.84! \| SVS
15 view cover	Writing Your First Play more books like this by Roger Hall "Writing Your First Play" provides the beginning playwright with the tools and motivation to tell a story through dramatic form. Based in a series of exercises which gradually grow more complex, the book helps the reader to understand the basic elements of drama, conflict, and action. The exercises help the reader to become increasingly ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $27.28! \| SVS
16 view cover	Chasing Shakespeares more books like this by Sarah Smith Joe Roper is a graduate student whose lowly origins make him antipathetic to the idea that anyone but Shakespeare himself--another lad from the working class--was the writer of the plays. When Joe stumbles on a letter that seems to be from the Bard himself in which he admits that he didn't write the plays, he knows he needs to find the truth. With ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Clifford Odets: American Playwright: The Years from 1906 to 1940 more books like this by Margaret Brenman-Gibson Clifford Odets: American Playwright is an exhaustive history, probing psychoanalysis and dramatic entertainment - all the things Odets himself was. The biography is richly annotated, with a thorough bibliography, personal chronology and list of Odets works, published and unpublished. It also includes a section of rare photographs of the playwright ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Living Justice: Love, Freedom, and the Making of the Exonerated more books like this by Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen In 2000, Jessica and Erik embarked on a journey across America - one that would change their minds, ideas, and lives forever. They were a pair of young actors from New York who happened to have the idea to interview 'The Exonerated' - men and women who had been sentenced to die for crimes they didn't commit, spent anywhere from three to twenty-two ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Playwright's Process: Learning the Craft from Today's Leading Dramatists more books like this by Barry McLaughlin, Buzz McLaughlin Offers instruction tested in playwriting workshops, plus advice from famous dramatists on how to develop a play's initial idea, build plotting, and work through successive drafts. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $16.79! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Dramatist's Toolkit: The Craft of the Working Playwright more books like this by Jeffrey Sweet In The Dramatist's Toolkit, playwright and Backstage columnist Jeff Sweet offers an intensive and practical guide to being a working playwright. see all copies from $4.37! new only from $7.42! \| first editions
21 view cover	Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Huizdala more books like this by Vaclav Havel In interviews that took place in the mid-'80s with journalist Karel Hvizdala, Vaclav Havel discusses his boyhood, his life in the theater, and his role as a politically engaged writer. Havel was imprisoned three times in the '70s by the regime in his country, and these interviews are the first time he discusses the experience in depth in book form ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.10! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Working on a New Play: A Play Development Handbook for Actors, Directors, Designers & Playwrights more books like this by Edward M Cohen Explains play development to every participant in the process. It teaches the basics of the collaborative method that extends from the writer's first words through the opening night performance of the new play, explaining how all the artists interact to combine everyone's vision into an accomplished, finished production. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Introduction to Play Analysis more books like this by Cal Pritner, Scott E Walters, Pritner Cal Fusing a variety of influences (Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Kenneth Burke, and structuralism), this new text takes students through progressively complex levels of play reading in which they: respond to a first reading; gather information from the play (including given circumstances); interpret the characters and relate them to the conflict; and ... see all copies from $10.10! new only from $32.83! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Amadeus more books like this by Peter Shaffer 0riginating at the National Theatre of Great Britain, "Amadeus" was the recipient of both the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award. In the United States, the play won the coveted Tony Award and went on to become a critically acclaimed major motion picture winning eight Oscars, including Best Picture. Now, this extraordinary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Complete Book of Screenwriting more books like this by J Michael Straczynski Here, together for the first time, are the first three Freddy books that Walter Brooks wrote, in a single volume, in the order in which they first appeared. Freddy Goes to Florida (first published as TO and Again), alongside Freddy Goes to the North Pole (More To and Again), followed by the unforgettable Freddy the Detective -- each lavishly ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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