The Art of Writing Drama

by Michelene Wandor

Book Overview

The Art of Writing Drama is an indispensable textbook for wherever writing for the stage is taught, but also serves as a foundational book for any student taking courses in performance media - radio, television and film.

Coupling theory with practice, the book opens with a survey of the current methodologies of teaching playwriting and of textual analysis. The theories of Bakhtin, Foucault and Derrida are examined as are the agendas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413775860
• ISBN13: 9780413775863
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.7"