The Crafty Art of Playmaking - Hardcover

Ayckbourn, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403962294 ISBN 13: 9781403962294

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Synopsis

For the first time, Alan Ayckbourn shares all of his tricks of the playwright's trade. From helpful hints on writing to tips on directing, the book provides a complete primer for the newcomer and a refresher for the more experienced. Written in Ayckbourn's signature style that combines humor, seriousness, and heady air of theatrical sophistication that Noel Coward would envy, The Crafty Art of Playmaking is a must-have for aspiring playwrights and students of drama.

About this title

Book Description:

For the first time, Alan Ayckbourn shares all his tricks of the playwrights trade. From helpful hints on writing (Where do you start? How do you continue? What is comedy and how do you write it? What istragedy and how does it work?) to tips on directing (How does one work with actors and techinicians? When is it time to listen to the other experts? How does one cope with rehearsals?) the book provides a complete primer for the newcomer and a refresher for those more experienced. Written in Ayckbourn's signature style that combines humor, seriousness and heady air of sophistication Coward would envy, The Crafty Art of Playwmaking. It is a must-have for aspiring playwrights, students of drama and anyone who has ever laughed his way through one of Ayckbourn's plays.

About the Author:

Alan Ayckbourn is one of England's most prolific and widely performed living playwrights with over sixty plays in his catalogue. In 1997, he received a knighthood for his services to the theater. He was represented in New York this year with simultaneous productions of his plays "House" and "Garden" at the Manhattan Theater Club's two stages. He lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1403962294
• ISBN 13: 9781403962294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192