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Playwrights on playmaking

by Brander Matthews

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical16 chapters
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About this book

About this book

Explore the enduring laws and conventions of drama through insightful essays that reveal how playwrights craft stories shaped by their audiences, actors, and times, blending theory with practical wisdom from half a century of theatrical experience.

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Contents

16 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFATORY NOTE
03I PLAYWRIGHTS ON PLAYMAKING
04II UNDRAMATIC CRITICISM
05III OLD PLAYS AND NEW PLAYGOERS
06IV TRAGEDIES WITH HAPPY ENDINGS
07V ON THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A PATTERN
08VI DID SHAKSPERE WRITE PLAYS TO FIT HIS ACTORS?
09VII STRANGE SHAKSPERIAN PERFORMANCES
10VIII THACKERAY AND THE THEATER
11IX MARK TWAIN AND THE THEATER
12X HENRY JAMES AND THE THEATER

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