How to Read a Play

By Ronald Hayman

Book Overview

Rev and Updated

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080213629X
• ISBN13: 9780802136299
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

THOROUGH AND "SPOT ON"

I use the British phrase because the author is British, and a playwright himself. This must be a new edition of one of the best guides to script analysis in theatre I've ever come across. I've used it as a teacher in drama classes, and I've used it to come up with "guidelines" for readers when I was a theatrical literary manager. It is also useful for playwrights to see why something does or does not work. It's short and wastes no time making its points-- meaty and readable. A must for any theatrical library.