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Autore |
Wandor Michelene |
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Titolo |
The art of writing drama / / Michelene Wandor |
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London, England : , : Methuen Drama, , 2008 |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020 |
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ISBN |
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1-4081-4133-7 |
1-4081-4132-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Playwriting |
Drama - Technique |
Writing & editing guides |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Drama-the apparently incomplete text -- The emergence of the dramatist and drama in education -- The performance text -- The text from the other side: director and performer -- The novel and the drama -- Methods of teaching-the workshop -- The concepts in how-to books on dramatic writing -- Stage directions -- The compleat dramatist-preparing to write -- The text-dialogue and relationships -- Teaching and learning the art of writing drama -- The pedagogic process -- Subject matter, character and follow-up -- Culture and representation -- Conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This book takes a radical approach to writing drama. Combining an understanding of theory with extensive experience of teaching dramatic writing, Michelene Wandor has written a succinct and scholarly history of approaches to the craft. She charts its pedagogy in relation to university Drama departments, Performance Studies and creative writing, and analyses how-to manuals of dramatic writing, deconstructing their underlying principles." |
"She argues for a radical rehabilitation of the dramatist at the centre of the text-producing process." "The book includes practical guidelines for classroom/workshop approaches to the pedagogy of dramatic writing. The Art of Writing Drama bridges the pedagogic and |
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vocational, the academic and the professional. The book will be indispensable to academic courses, adult education classes, and anywhere the art of writing drama is taught."--Jacket. |
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