The One-Act Play Companion: A Guide to Plays, Playwrights and Performance - Softcover

Dolley, Colin; Walford, Rex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713674288 ISBN 13: 9780713674286

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2011

Synopsis

The one-act play stands apart as a distinct art form with some well known writers providing specialist material, among them Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill. Alan Ayckbourn, Edward Albee and Tennesee Williams. There are also lesser-known writers with plenty of material to offer, yet sourcing one-act plays to perform is notoriously hard.

This companion is the first book to survey the work of over 250 playwrights in an illuminating A-Z guide. Multiple styles, nationalities and periods are covered, offering a treasure trove of compelling moments of theatre waiting to be discovered. Guidance on performing and staging one-act plays is also covered as well as essential contact information and where to apply for performance rights. A chapter introducing the history of the one-act play rounds off the title as a definitive guide.

About this title

Book Description:

Surveying the work of over 250 playwrights, this guide covers multiple styles, nationalities and periods. Guidance on performing and staging one-act plays is also covered, as well as contact information and where to apply for performance rights. It includes a chapter introducing the history of the one-act play rounds.

About the Author:

Colin Dolley is a past Vice-Chairman of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators (GODA) and has adjudicated at over 200 drama festivals. Rex Walford OBE is a theatre critic and Chairman of GODA, and has judged many one-act plays in over thirty years of adjudicating festivals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0713674288
• ISBN 13: 9780713674286
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224