How to Read a Play

by Ronald Hayman

Book Overview

How to Read a Play is an introductory guide to the art of translating the printed page of a play or screenplay into dramatic mental images; it has been a classic among actors, directors, and writers for the past twenty years. Now fully updated and revised, the book devotes a chapter exclusively to screenplays, noting the intrinsic differences between a screenplay and a playscript and thus bringing this invaluable classic up to date.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080213629X
• ISBN13: 9780802136299
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 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.