How not to write a play / by Walter Kerr
1956, First Edition. London : M. Reinhardt. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #408155
Physical description; 244 pages ; 21 cm. Contents; Part 1: The way things are. Young blood -- The tired model -- The day the shopgirl got her notice -- The moneymakers -- Part 2. How to lose friends by influencing people. A matter of opinion -- The visitation from on high -- Act before you think -- Part 3. How to spoil a good story. It's a very small world -- Anything happen next? -- Fine tailoring -- Men at work -- House rules -- Part 4. Arthritis in the joints. The slow boat to nowhere -- Elbowroom -- Cloud cuckoo land -- All that is spoke is marred -- Worst foot forward -- Verse in rehearsal. In general. Subjects; Theater. Drama History and criticism. Authorship. Théâtre. Théâtre (Genre littéraire) Histoire et critique. Art d'écrire. theater (discipline). Authorship. Drama. Theater. Playwriting. American drama 20th century History and criticism. Dramatic composition.
Price: €18.00