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How Plays Work

Paperback • 2009 • English

How Plays Work

By David Edgar

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About the book

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. Wh...Show more

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ISBN

9781854593719

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

How Plays Work

Format

Paperback

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