Writing a Play

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A practical guide to the process of play-writing, this book will take budding writers for the stage through the process, beginning with original inspiration, through plotting, structuring and characterization, to the successful realization of the idea. This revised edition includes a new chapter covering stage realism.

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Steve Gooch's version of Brecht's The Mother is the standard version in use in British theatre today. His other translations include Fassbinder's Cock Artist; he is also well-known as a palywright in his own right, particularly for Female Transport, which has been produced 200 times around the world.