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So You Want to Be a Playwright?: How to Write a Play and Get It Produced Book

Guides the would-be playwright over the many hurdles that must be cleared. This work raises - and provides answers to - over fifty topics ranging from 'Should you know which theatre you are writing for?' to 'What if you get stuck?' and on to 'Where do you send your script?' It also includes a directory of theatres and contacts.Read More

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  • Foyles

    How to write a play and get it produced - a manual for playwrights.Playwright and former literary manager Tim Fountain guides the budding playwright over the many hurdles involved in getting a play on - from finding a story that only you know, through the detailed construction of the play, and on to the strategies you can use to get it on stage.• What kind of play do you want to write? • Where do you get your ideas from? • How much exposition do you need? • Where do you find your characters' voices? • What should you do when you get stuck? • Where should you send your play?The book also deals with the actual production: choosing directors, designers and actors, and coping with rehearsals, previews and press nights.Includes appendixes of vital websites, and contact details for new-writing theatres, agents and publishers.'A marvellous and invaluable guide... full of wisdom and no-nonsense practical advice on the tricky but thrilling business of making plays' Willy Russell

  • TheBookPeople

    Written in clear and concise chapters, this book guides the would-be playwright over the many hurdles that must be cleared from finding a 'story that only you know' through the scene-by-scene construction of the play and on to the many strategies that can help to get it on stage. The author raises - and provides answers to - over fifty topics ranging from 'Should you know which theatre you are writing for?' to 'What if you get stuck?' and on to 'Where do you send your script?' The final section deals with actual performance: casting, working with directors, designers and actors, rehearsals and previews. Also included is a directory of theatres and contacts.

  • Blackwell

    A manual for would-be playwrights - how to develop your play from first idea to first night. Tim Fountain guides the aspiring playwright over the many hurdles that must be cleared - from finding a story that only you know, through the construction...

  • 1854597167
  • 9781854597168
  • Tim Fountain
  • 14 December 2007
  • Nick Hern Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 160
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