Shakespeare's Game

by William Gibson

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068910877X
• ISBN13: 9780689108778
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Bring it back!

As far as I know this book is no longer in print. That is a crime. How can a publisher be convinced to reprint this, either in hard or soft cover? With all of the books in print on playwriting, Gibson's book stands out head and shoulders above the rest. I use this all the time in the theatre where I work with new playwrights and I use it in classes I teach. I recommend it all the time in the hopes that one day renewed interest might get this fine work in print again.

Great Plot-Writing Manual

It's a crime that this book is out of print. This is the best plot-writing book I have discovered. Although the topic is play-writing, the lessons apply to fiction-plotting as well. Gibson dissects parts of 8 or 10 Shakespeare plays, showing in detail how the Bard achieved some of his most striking dramatic effects. I read numerous writing-guides while working on my novel "Direct Action," and this was far and away the best for building a coherent plot. -- Luke Hauser