Power of the Playwright's Vision Blueprints for the Working Writer

Name: Power of the Playwright's Vision Blueprints for the Working Writer
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ISBN: 9780325002422

ISBN-10: 0325002428

ISBN-13: 9780325002422

Edition: 2001

Authors: Gordon Farrell

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Every playwright has his or her own vision of life - and seeks to express that vision on stage. Over the past two hundred years, the world's greatest dramatists have been constructing models, or blueprints of their visions, to make sure that what is in their hearts gets put on stage. This book distills that genius and innovation into a practical manual. In a clear and easily understood way, Gordon Farrell makes available the most potent and effective structures ever devised by the world's most important dramatists. Playwrights like Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekov, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Lillian Hellman, Bertolt Brecht, Jean Paul Sartre, Harold Pinter, and Jean Cocteau all developed…

Book details

List price: $24.25
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 9/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Playwright's Vision



The Vision Understood



A Vision of Change



Realism



The Epic



Brecht and an Alternative Epic



Afternote: A Few Words from Realism, the Epic, and Brecht



A Vision of Futility



Naturalism



Absurdism



Romanticism



Afternote: A Few Words from Naturalism, Absurdism, and Romanticism



A Vision of Mystery



Expressionism



Surrealism



Afternote: A Few Words from Expressionism and Surrealism



Final Words



A Closer Look at Three Powerful Voices