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The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

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Stage Writers Handbook: A Complete Business Guide for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists

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Sondheim

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Edward Albee: A Singular Journey

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The 21st Century Screenplay

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Playwriting: Writing Producing and Selling Your Play

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A Student Guide to Play Analysis

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Writing the Broadway Musical

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Tennessee Williams: Plays 1957-1980 (Library of America)

Tennessee Williams

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The Book of Liz

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Dramatist's Toolkit,The: The Craft of the Working Playwright

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Must You Go?: My Life With Harold Pinter

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The Playwright's Handbook: Revised Edition

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Playwrights on Playwriting: The Meaning and Making of Modern Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco

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Naked Playwriting: The Art, The Craft, And The Life Laid Bare

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Euripides Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus

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The Crafty Art of Playmaking

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The Playwright's Workbook

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