Luke Yankee

The Art of Writing for the Theatre (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to Script Analysis, Criticism, and Playwriting

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Filled with practical advice from an award-winning playwright, with a range of resources to guide you in the craft and business of theatre writing, The Art of Writing for the Theatre provides everything you need to write like a seasoned theatre professional, including:

* how to analyze and break down a script
* how to write a wide range of plays
* how to critique a theatre production
* how to construct and craft critical essays, cover letters, and theatrical resumes

This thorough introduction is supplemented with exercises and new interviews with a host of internationally acclaimed playwrights, lyricists, and critics, including Marsha Norman, Beth Henley, Lyn Gardner, Octavio Solis, Ismail Khalidi, and David Zippel, among many others. Accompanying online resources include playwriting and script analysis worksheets and exercises, an example of a playwriting resume, and critical points to consider on playwriting, design, acting, directing and choreography.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350155596
• Artikelnr.: 63993488

Autorenporträt

Luke Yankee is a professional playwright, director, author, producer, the Head of Playwriting at California State University, Fullerton, USA, and an adjunct faculty member at Chapman University, USA. His plays include The Last Lifeboat, A Place at Forest Lawn, The Man Who Killed the Cure, The Jesus Hickey, Confessions of a Star Maker and Marilyn, Mom & Me. His memoir, Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing up with Eileen Heckart was named, "One of the Ten Best Celebrity Memoirs of All Time." As a director and producer, he has run two regional theatres, assistant directed six Broadway shows and directed Off Broadway and at regional theaters around the country.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on the Text Introduction 1. Script Analysis Why Do We Need Script
Analysis? Definitions and Terms for Script Analysis Freytag's Pyramid and
the Dramatic Arc A Crash Course in Aristotle's Poetics Script Analysis
Exercises Exercises 2. Playwriting The Elements of Playwriting What Does
"Show, Don't Tell" Mean? The Significance of Exposition The Good Title Test
The Mechanics of Writing a Play How Do You Start? How To Write a Ten-Minute
Play Other Play Formats Conclusion Exercises 3. Criticism The "Why" of
Theatre Criticism "I Liked it" Doesn't Matter Writing a Critique for a Play
"Why Am I Bored? A Sample Critique Criticism as Entertainment Remember:
Artists Have Feelings, Too When to Keep it to Yourself What to Look for
When Writing a Critique Critiquing Other Forms Exercises 4. The Interviews:
Conversations with Acclaimed Playwrights, Critics, Librettists, and
Lyricists A Series of Master Classes On Starting Out "What Should I Write
About?" On Structure A Writer's Process Readings and Play Development On
Taking Advice on your Script On Collaboration On Writing Musicals On the
Writer as "The Outsider Looking In" On Critics and Theatre Criticism Advice
for New Writers What Do You Love About the Theatre? 5. The Brass Tacks:
Practical Tools of Writing for the Theatre The "How To" Of A Writer's Life
Read, See, and Hear Theatre Blogs Submission Opportunities for Playwrights
Cover Letters for Writers.and Beyond Living Room Readings: The Value of
Free Pizza Virtual Presentations A Map of Relationships Opening Night Cards
and Gratitude Letters: A Lost Art Exercises Conclusion Further Reading
Notes Biographies of Interviewees Special Thanks About the Author Index