Alan Ayckbourn

The Crafty Art of Playmaking (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With over sixty plays written and premièred at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough before going on to play in the West End or the Royal National Theatre, London, or Broadway, Alan Ayckbourn's expertise in writing and directing plays is unsurpassed.

For the first time, here in The Crafty Art of Playmaking, he shares all his tricks of the trade. From helpful hints on writing (Where do you start? How do you continue? 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 other experts, how to cope with rehearsals), the book provides a complete primer for the tyro and a refresher for the more experienced. Written in an accessible and highly entertaining style, with anecdotes galore to illustrate the how, when, where and why, it's worth the cover price for the jokes alone.

'A marvellously useful and enjoyably good-humoured book' Daily Telegraph

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571318636
• Artikelnr.: 41460243

Autorenporträt

Alan Ayckbourn

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: Writing
Comedy or Drama?
The Initial Idea
Construction
Time
Location
Characters
Final Countdown
Dialogue
Tidying up
PART II: Directing
The Director's Role
A Sort of History
The Producer
The Author
Stars
Set Designers
Costume Designers
The Lighting Designer
The Sound Designer
Other Experts
Casting
Auditions
Before the First Rehearsal
The Rehearsal Period
The First Day
Exploration
Early Days
As You Proceed
Notes
Comedy
Later Days
The DSM
Technicals
Dress Rehearsals
Previews
Press Night
Afterwards
Chronology of Plays