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For over two decades, Stephen Jeffreys's remarkable series of workshops attracted writers from all over the world and shaped the ideas of many of today's leading playwrights and theatre-makers. Now, with this inspiring, highly practical book, you too can learn from these acclaimed Masterclasses. Playwriting reveals the various invisible frameworks and mechanisms that are at the heart of each and every successful play. Drawing on a huge range of sources, it deconstructs playwriting into its constituent parts, and offers illuminating insights into: Structure - an in-depth exploration of the fundamental elements of drama, enabling you to choose instinctively the most effective structure for your play Character - advice on how to generate and write credible characters by exploring their three essential dimensions: story, breadth and depth How to Write - techniques for writing great dialogue, dynamic scenes and compelling subtext, including how to improve your writing by approaching it from unfamiliar directions What to Write - how to adopt different approaches to finding your material, how to explore the fundamental 'Nine Stories', and how to evaluate the potential of your ideas Written by a true master of the craft, this authoritative guide will provide playwrights at every level of experience with a rich array of tools to apply to their own work. This edition, edited by Maeve McKeown, includes a Foreword by April De Angelis. 'What Stephen Jeffreys doesn't know about playwriting isn't worth knowing' Stephen Daldry 'Stephen Jeffreys is as important a teacher as he is brilliant a writer... Without him, I wouldn't have been able to write the plays that I have written' Simon Stephens 'An incredibly useful writing helpmeet. As witty and humane as its author' Emma Thompson 'What Stephen taught me has shaped my mind and I have shared this with countless writers' Kwame Kwei-Armah 'Stephen was a true mentor... I still draw upon much of what he taught me today' Abi Morgan 'Like a bird in the air, Stephen was utterly in his element as a teacher. We sat spellbound' Phyllida Lloyd 'I had the great pleasure of working with Stephen on his play The Libertine. Would that all playwrights had his openness, his talent, his hard-headedness, his experience, his enthusiasm, his audacity, his complexity, and perhaps best of all his talent and interest in eliciting the best in others' John Malkovich 'Stephen's wit was legendary. Wit : from the proto-Indo-European word weid meaning to see / to know . Stephen saw clearly and knew profoundly; which is why we sought out the clarity of his words and learned deeply from his laughter' Simon McBurney 'Stephen was more than just a great bloke whose easy laugh set a room alight; he was a genuine geek, an obsessive about the craft of writing... As I read, I was reminded again of his deep connection to plays and how they work. There are gems in here, there is guidance, there is the spirit of Stephen Jeffreys' April De Angelis 'One of the UK's most respected teachers of writing for stage and screen... this book will undoubtedly benefit playwriting hopefuls for generations, with its plain speaking, common sense and accessibility' - The Stage 'An absolute treat, no matter where you consider yourself to be as a writer... a book to return to time and time again, to use as inspiration, to cherish and to gift to other lovers of plays' - BritishTheatre.com 'A masterfully adept and complete guide to not only finding what you want to write about, but also how to do it... each page has at least one piece of invaluable advice that can be taken away and built on... a love letter to theatre and the craft of writing for the stage' - Broadway World 'A detailed, valuable resource for aspiring playwrights and a fascinating read for anyone who loves drama and the thea
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Playwriting: Structure, Character, How and What to Write
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