Writing a Play

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Writing a Play
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Steve Gooch
SeriesWriting Handbooks
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135
Category/GenreCreative writing and creative writing guides
ISBN/Barcode 9780713669459
ClassificationsDewey:808.02
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Publication Date 30 April 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A practical guide to the process of play-writing, this book will take budding writers for the stage through the process, beginning with original inspiration, through plotting, structuring and characterization, to the successful realization of the idea. This revised edition includes a new chapter covering stage realism.

Author Biography

Steve Gooch's version of Brecht's The Mother is the standard version in use in British theatre today. His other translations include Fassbinder's Cock Artist; he is also well-known as a palywright in his own right, particularly for Female Transport, which has been produced 200 times around the world.