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The Crafty Art of Playmaking Book

With over 60 plays written and staged many playing in the West End or the Royal National Theatre Alan Ayckbourn's expertise on writing and directing plays is unsurpassed. Here he shares his tricks of the trade from helpful hints on writing to tips on directing.Read More

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  • 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.

  • 0571215092
  • 9780571215096
  • Alan Ayckbourn
  • 16 September 2002
  • Faber and Faber
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 182
  • First Edition
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