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How to Read a Play
by Ronald Hayman
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Grove Press (1977-10)
ISBN: 0802130429
EAN: 9780802130426
Dewy Decimal #: 808.2
Paperback: 96 pages
SKU: 05361
Condition: Collectible: Good Fi
Comments: First edition book, in good condition
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Product Description
How to Read a Play is an introductory guide to the art of translating the printed page of a play or screenplay into dramatic mental images; it has been a classic among actors, directors, and writers for the past twenty years. Now fully updated and revised, the book devotes a chapter exclusively to screenplays, noting the intrinsic differences between a screenplay and a playscript and thus bringing this invaluable classic up to date.
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THOROUGH AND "SPOT ON"
Rating  (5)
Date: 1999-05-29
11 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
I use the British phrase because the author is British, and a playwright himself. This must be a new edition of one of the best guides to script analysis in theatre I've ever come across. I've used it as a teacher in drama classes, and I've used it to come up with "guidelines" for readers when I was a theatrical literary manager. It is also useful for playwrights to see why something does or does not work. It's short and wastes no time making its points-- meaty and readable. A must for any theatrical library.
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