How to read a play /
Ronald Hayman.
- Rev. and updated ed.
- New York : Grove Press, 1999.
- 113 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The reader and the medium Sound effects Momentum and suspense Not by words alone Costume and identity Identity and character Irony and ambiguity Mental theater Silence Meaning and experience Photogenic action Play-reading as a pleasure
How to read a play is an introductory guide to the art of translating the printed page of a play or screenplay into dramatic mental images; this book includes a chapter about how to read a screenplay, noting the intrinisic differences between a screenplay and a playscript
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