Understanding Plays (3rd Edition)
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Understanding Plays As Texts for Performance offers seventeen plays with critical commentaries that span the range of Western writing for the theatre from the Greeks to the post-moderns. This book introduces readers to dramatic writing as “pre-texts” for theatrical performance—written not only to be read, but also to be performed by actors before audiences.

Paperback: 752 pages

Publisher: Allyn and Bacon; 3rd edition (July 19, 2003)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0205381901

ISBN-13: 978-0205381906

Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1.5 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Best Sellers Rank: #390,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #122 in Books > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theater > Playwriting #506 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Performing Arts > Theater #3525 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Dramas & Plays

This book taught me a lot about plays and how they're written, and the different and various elements that are required to make good and well-written plays. I'd recommend this book for anyone who wants a good read!

Ha. I ended up not even reading this. Paperback

great book

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