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The Art of Dramatic Writing

Paperback • 1972 • English

The Art of Dramatic Writing

By Lajos Egri

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About the book

Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. All good dramatic writing depends upon an understanding of human motives. Why do people act as they do? What forces transform a coward into a hero, a hero into a coward? What is it that Romeo does early in Shakespeare's play that makes his later suicide seem inevitable? Why must Nora leav...Show more

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ISBN

9780671213329

Publisher

Simon Schuster

Published year

1972

Language

English

Original title

The Art of Dramatic Writing

Format

Paperback

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