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How Plays Work - David Edgar

How Plays Work

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Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2009 | original edition
Nick Hern Books (Verlag)
978-1-85459-371-9 (ISBN)
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Distinguished playwright David Edgar examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have employed to structure their plays and to express their meaning.



Written for playwrights and playgoers alike, Edgar's analysis starts with the building blocks of whole plays – plot, character creation, genre and structure – and moves on to scenes and devices. He shows how plays share a common architecture without which the uniqueness of their authors' vision would be invisible.



What does King Lear have in common with Cinderella? What does Jaws owe to Ibsen? From Aeschylus to Alan Ayckbourn, from Chekhov to Caryl Churchill, are there common principles by which all plays work?



David Edgar's How Plays Work is a masterclass for playwrights and playmakers and a fascinating guide to the anatomy of drama.



'Lucid, deeply intelligent... combines theoretical acumen with the assured know-how of a working dramatist' Terry Eagleton, TLS



'Fascinating... Read it. You will learn a lot' The Stage

David Edgar pioneered the teaching of playwriting in the UK, founding the Playwriting Studies course at Birmingham University in 1989. He is also a leading playwright, best known for his political plays and for his adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby for the RSC.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.6.2009
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 139 x 218 mm
Gewicht 316 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-85459-371-4 / 1854593714
ISBN-13 978-1-85459-371-9 / 9781854593719
Zustand Neuware
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