| Playwrights on Playwriting: From Ibsen to Ionesco Contributor(s): Cole, Toby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815411413 ISBN-13: 9780815411413 Publisher: Cooper Square Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: This is an extraordinarily important and unique book that is essential for playwrights, theater enthusiasm and courses on drama. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Dewey: 808.2 |
| LCCN: 2001017079 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.53" W x 8.5" (0.94 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For anyone interested in drama, Playwrights on Playwriting: From Ibsen to Ionesco offers revealing and astute insights on modern theater and the creation of plays. The book gathers the opinions and theories of the greatest names in the past 200 years of drama, among them Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw, Federico Garcia Lorca, Eugene O'Neill, Bertolt Brecht, Tenessee Williams, Sean O'Casey, and Arthur Miller, to name a few. In the first part of the book, "Credos and Concepts," the playwrights offer their differing philosophies on the dynamics of theatrical performance and the changes in drama since Aristotle. In the second part, "Creations," the same dramatists look at specific plays of their own, commenting on their intended goals and the works' overall success. A unique and enlightening collection, Playwrights on Playwriting is an essential resource for the enthusiast of theater. |
