So You Want To Be A Playwright?
Paperback, 144 pages ISBN: 9781854597168Publication Date:
12 Jul 2007
Size: 215mm x 137mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook, 144 pages ISBN: 9781780010939Publication Date:
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So You Want To Be A Playwright?

By Tim Fountain

Paperback £12.99£10.39

Ebook £12.99£10.39

How to write a play and get it produced - a manual for playwrights.

Playwright and former literary manager Tim Fountain guides the budding playwright over the many hurdles involved in getting a play on - from finding a story that only you know, through the detailed construction of the play, and on to the strategies you can use to get it on stage.

• What kind of play do you want to write?
• Where do you get your ideas from?
• How much exposition do you need?
• Where do you find your characters' voices?
• What should you do when you get stuck?
• Where should you send your play?

The book also deals with the actual production: choosing directors, designers and actors, and coping with rehearsals, previews and press nights.

Includes appendixes of vital websites, and contact details for new-writing theatres, agents and publishers.

'A marvellous and invaluable guide... full of wisdom and no-nonsense practical advice on the tricky but thrilling business of making plays' Willy Russell

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'A terrific book. Informative and easy to read'

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'Excellent... very practically geared to those writing for the stage today'

British Theatre Guide
Paperback,144 pages ISBN: 9781854597168Publication Date:
12 Jul 2007
Size: 215mm x 137mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook,144 pages ISBN: 9781780010939Publication Date:
6 Dec 2012
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
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Julie Burchill Is Away
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