Writing
Curtain Up!
How to Stage Great Youth Productions
A comprehensive, hands-on guide to making theatre – perfect for any school, college, youth group or amateur-theatre company.
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£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£16.99£13.59Making Your Solo Show: The Compact Guide
By Lisa Carroll and Milly ThomasA clear, accessible guide to creating and putting on a solo show, packed with inspiring, practical advice for writers, actors, directors and anyone who wants to know how solo shows are actually made.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99The Playwright's Journey
From First Spark to First Night
A clear, supportive and comprehensive guide to writing a play – based on the author's long-running playwriting masterclasses, as taught at the UK's National Theatre.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99How Plays Work
By David EdgarDistinguished playwright David Edgar examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have employed to structure their plays and to express their meaning.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99The Writer's Toolkit
Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters
Almost two hundred practical exercises, techniques and ideas for every part of your process, designed to equip you with everything required to kickstart your creativity, develop your craft, and make your writing the very best that it can be.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Ancient Comedians
And What They Have To Say To Contemporary Playwrights
By Clem MartiniA fascinating exploration of the origins and development of dramatic comedy, by an award-winning Canadian playwright, novelist and screenwriter.
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The Blunt Playwright
An Introduction to Playwriting
By Clem MartiniA highly regarded guide to playwriting, by an award-winning Canadian playwright, novelist and screenwriter.
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Playwriting
Structure, Character, How and What to Write
An authoritative guide to playwrighting, by a true master of the craft. Indispensable for playwrights at every level of experience.
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£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£16.99£13.59Being a Playwright
A Career Guide for Writers
By Chris Foxon and George TurveyThe essential guide to a career in playwriting, from the team behind the multi-award-winning Papatango, one of the UK's leading new-writing companies.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Ibsen on Theatre
Edited by Frode Helland and Julie HolledgeA unique collection of everything that Ibsen wrote about the theatre.
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£17.99£14.39Add to basketEbook£17.99£14.39Telling the Truth
How to Make Verbatim Theatre
A practical guide to creating and producing verbatim theatre, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Diaries 1969-1977
The revealing - and frequently hilarious - diaries of playwright Peter Nichols, covering the period of his life between his first real hit, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, to the stirrings of his masterpiece, Passion Play.
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Innovation in Five Acts
Strategies for Theatre and Performance
Edited by Caridad SvichAn inspirational sourcebook of innovative techniques for creating theatre, with contributions from experienced playwrights, directors, performers, teachers, dramaturgs, artistic directors and founders.
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Conversations with Miller (Centenary Edition)
By Mel Gussow Foreword by Richard EyreMore than a dozen conversations between Arthur Miller, America's greatest playwright, and New York Times critic Mel Gussow, covering subjects personal and political.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Richard Foreman: The Manifestos and Essays
A collection of writings from the acclaimed and wildly inventive artist Richard Foreman.
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Monty Python at Work
A fascinating account of the making of the Monty Python TV and stage shows, films, books and albums, drawn from Michael Palin's published diaries.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Diane Samuels' Kindertransport
The author's guide to the play
The author's guide to Kindertransport, an invaluable and uniquely authoritative resource for anyone studying, teaching or performing the play.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99So You Want To Write Radio Drama?
By Claire Grove and Stephen WyattA practical guide to writing radio drama and getting it produced, by a leading radio dramatist and a hugely experienced radio drama producer who have both created award-winning dramas for the BBC.
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