Dramatists Toolkit, the Craft of the Working Playwright (Paperback)

Jeffrey Sweet

ISBN 10: 0435086294 / ISBN 13: 9780435086299

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Harlow, 1993

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Paperback. In The Dramatist's Toolkit, playwright and Backstage columnist Jeff Sweet offers an intensive and practical guide to being a working playwright. In this informative guide, Sweet discusses such matters as: The building blocks of playwriting How characters relate to one another The differences and similarities between musicals and plays Screenwriting vs. playwriting and much more! Jeff Sweet offers guidance for the beginning playwright and advice for the seasoned professional. In The Dramatist's Toolkit, playwright and Backstage columnist Jeff Sweet offers an intensive and practical guide to being a working playwright. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dramatists Toolkit, the Craft of the Working Playwright (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Harlow
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0435086294
• ISBN 13: 9780435086299
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In The Dramatist's Toolkit, playwright and Backstage columnist Jeff Sweet offers an intensive and practical guide to being a working playwright. In this informative guide, Sweet discusses such matters as:

• The building blocks of playwriting
• How characters relate to one another
• The differences and similarities between musicals and plays
• Screenwriting vs. playwriting
• and much more!

Jeff Sweet offers guidance for the beginning playwright and advice for the seasoned professional.

About the Author

Jeffrey Sweet's plays—including Porch, The Value of Names, and Routed—have been presented off-Broadway, internationally, and in a variety of regional and developmental theatres. His American Enterprises won the American Theatre Critics Association Award for play-writing. His book for the musical What About Luv? won the Outer Critics Circle Award, and he is the author of the book and co-author (with composer Melissa Manchester) of the lyrics for the musical I Sent a Letter to My Love. Sweet has written drama, sitcom, miniseries, and TV movies for ABC, NBC, and CBS. His work has won the Writers Guild of America Award and been nominated twice for the Emmy.

A popular teacher and author of many newspaper and magazine articles, Sweet is also the proud father of Jonathan Sweet.