The Playwright’s Workbook

Description

Subjects covered in this workbook for playwrights include: conflict and character: the dominant image – Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller; dialogue and the spoken word: overhead voices – Ibsen and Shakespeare; creating the solo performance piece: listening for stories; dialogues and monologues: the power of the what ; the point of absurdity: creating without possessing – Pinter and Beckett; and the alienation effect: people using people – Bertolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud.