Start writing plays - Audio

Start writing plays - Audio

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In this album, some of our current and most well-respected playwrights offer an insight into the mechanics and beauty of writing for the stage. Contributors include Alan Ayckbourn, David Edgar, Bryony Lavery and Willy Russell, who discuss their own work and the pleasures and pitfalls of crafting a script. All of the fundamental topics, from character and structure to dialogue and editing, are covered in detail in a series of entertaining and insi...Read More

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Start writing plays

07 Jul 2009 | 48 secs

Start writing plays

07 Jul 2009 | 48 secs

Starting out in playwriti...

07 Jul 2009 | 15 mins 29 secs

Starting out in play...

07 Jul 2009 | 15 mins 29 secs

Developing a play

07 Jul 2009 | 09 mins 34 secs

Developing a play

07 Jul 2009 | 09 mins 34 secs

The importance of charact...

07 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 33 secs

The importance of ch...

07 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 33 secs

How to write dialogue

07 Jul 2009 | 09 mins 55 secs

How to write dialogu...

07 Jul 2009 | 09 mins 55 secs

The structure of plays

07 Jul 2009 | 07 mins 57 secs

The structure of pla...

07 Jul 2009 | 07 mins 57 secs

The editing process

07 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 38 secs

The editing process

07 Jul 2009 | 05 mins 38 secs

Politics and the stage

07 Jul 2009 | 06 mins 31 secs

Politics and the sta...

07 Jul 2009 | 06 mins 31 secs

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