Playwrights on Playwriting
From Ibsen to Ionesco
Lyons · Print & ebook · April 3, 2001
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Playwrights from Ibsen to Ionesco discuss theatrical performance, drama’s history, and their own plays.
- Themes
- Modern theater and playwriting, Theories of theatrical performance, Playwrights assess their own plays
- Genres
- Playwriting, Play Anthologies, Theater History & Criticism
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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.
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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.
Playwrights on Drama
Playwrights from Ibsen to Ionesco discuss theatrical performance, drama’s history, and their own plays.
Come here for
- Playwrights’ philosophies on theatrical performance and drama’s changes since Aristotle
- Playwrights’ comments on their own plays and intended goals
Expect
- Two parts: “Credos and Concepts” and “Creations”
- Perspectives from Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Williams, and others
Where it sits
| Playwriting | 84% |
|---|---|
| Play Anthologies | 60% |
| Theater History & Criticism | 55% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Playwriting
- Authors
- Toby Cole
- Publisher
- Lyons
- Published
- April 3, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Modern theater and playwriting · Theories of theatrical performance · Playwrights assess their own plays
- Reading lane
- Playwriting