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With over 60 plays written and staged, many playing in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise on writing and directing plays is unsurpassed. Here, he shares his tricks of the trade. From helpful hints on writing (Where has your play come from? Where is it going? How does it get there? What is comedy and how do you write it? What is tragedy and how does it work?) to tips on directing (working with actors and technicians, when to listen to the experts, how to cope with rehearsals), the book provides a complete primer for the tyro and a refresher for the more experienced.
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For the first time, Alan Ayckbourn shares all his tricks of the playwrights trade. From helpful hints on writing (Where do you start? How do you continue? What is comedy and how do you write it? What istragedy and how does it work?) to tips on directing (How does one work with actors and techinicians? When is it time to listen to the other experts? How does one cope with rehearsals?) the book provides a complete primer for the newcomer and a refresher for those more experienced. Written in Ayckbourn's signature style that combines humor, seriousness and heady air of sophistication Coward would envy, The Crafty Art of Playwmaking. It is a must-have for aspiring playwrights, students of drama and anyone who has ever laughed his way through one of Ayckbourn's plays.
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Alan Ayckboum is the most widely porformed of all living playwrights, with a prolific back catalogue of work which has been translated into forty languages and performed throughout the world. He has received many national and international awards. He was appointed a CBE in 1987, and in 1997 was the first playwright in the twentieth contury to receive a knightood for his services to theatre.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0571215092
- ISBN 13 9780571215096
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages182
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