Characters in Action: Playwriting the Easy Way

Cassady, Marshall

ISBN 10: 156608010X / ISBN 13: 9781566080101

Published by Meriwether Publishing,U.S., 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Characters in Action: Playwriting the Easy Way
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing,U.S.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156608010X
• ISBN 13: 9781566080101
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The twelve chapters of this book provide a complete survey of every step in playwriting from the germination of an idea to its complete development into a theatrical production. The book covers the basics of writing for theatre, creating characters in conflict, plots and subplots, structure and dialog and winning an audience. Cassady provides some basic rules but the reader learns most from the countless examples and anecdotal illustrations from amateur and professional playwrights. A basic text on the art of playwriting. Twelve chapters: Germination, The Creative State, Getting Ideas, Beginning a Script, Some Basics, Dramatic Structure, Dramatic Structure II, Audience and Theme, Characterizations, Dialog, Planning and Revising, Producing and Publishing.

Review

Dr. Marsh Cassady has the finest possible credentials for authoring this comprehensive book of creative instruction. He is a playwright, director, actor and drama critic of long standing. He has conducted many workshops on playwriting and has taught theatre at the high school and college level for many years. He thoroughly understands his subject and offers an excellent method of teaching it to inexperienced writers. The twelve chapters of this book provide a complete survey of every step in playwriting from the germination of an idea to its complete development into a theatrical production. He covers the basics of writing for theatre, creating characters in conflict, plots and subplots, structure and dialogue and winning an audience. Cassady provides some basic rules, but the reader learns most from the countless examples and anecdotal illustrations from amateur and professional playwrites. The book is ideally suited to be a basic text on the art of playwriting.