The Elements of Playwriting - Softcover

Catron, Louis E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157766227X ISBN 13: 9781577662273

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2001

Synopsis

For those interested in learning and honing the art and craft of creative playwriting! With an infectious enthusiasm for the theater, Catron presents the basic principles of playwriting, including plot, dialogue, and character development, as well as the more complex issues of creating multi-dimensional characters and writing stageworthy plays that will attract producers, directors, actors, and audiences. Throughout, he sprinkles examples from classical and modern plays, provides exercises for sharpening and developing skills, and offers practical guidelines on working with actors and directors, getting produced and published, and finding an agent. Favoring concrete advice over theory, The Elements of Playwriting is an invaluable resource for both beginning and advanced playwrights and for anyone involved in the art and craft of theater. Special features: 1) provides step-by-step techniques for improving a play; 2) includes information about copyright, agents, organizations, and references; and 3) offers end-of-chapter exercises for fine-tuning creative application of topics discussed.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Also by Louis Catron and available from Waveland Press: The Director's Vision: Play Direction from Analysis to Production (ISBN 9781577666769); Playwriting: Writing, Producing, and Selling Your Play (ISBN 9780881335644); and The Power of One: The Solo Play for Playwrights, Actors, and Directors (ISBN 9781577666202). Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: McCloskey, Economical Writing, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577660637).

About the Author:

One of America's leading authors of books and articles for playwrights, Professor Catron's writing reflects his years of teaching playwriting as well as his extensive experience directing modern and classical plays and musicals. He shares this accumulated practical knowledge with his readers as he guides them in a friendly, personal way through the process of creating stageworthy scripts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 157766227X
• ISBN 13: 9781577662273
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240