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 Dramatists Sourcebook
23rd Edition
Theatre Communications Group
This fully revised 23rd edition of the Dramatists Sourcebook contains more than
950 opportunities for playwrights, translators, composers, lyricists and librettists,
including script-submission procedures for 380 professional theatres, 137 prizes
and scores of publishers, fellowships, residencies, developmental programs, agents,
service organizations, state art agencies and reference publications. The sourcebook
is thoroughly indexed and contains an invaluable calendar of submission deadlines.
Softcover, 348 pp. $33.00.
 Birth of a Bookworm
Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay takes the reader on a tour of the books that have
had a formative influence on the birth and early development of his creative
imagination. This unique book takes us into the mind of an author reacting
to the magic of stories, and discovering his own need to tell them anew,
with the fresh, contemporary sensibility of his own time, place and circumstance.
Softcover, 192 pp. $18.95.
 Stages of Translation
David Johnston
Stages of Translation is a unique collection of interviews and essays which
deal with the art no less than the business of preparing performance scripts
from works originally written in languages other than English. Various issues
are discussed by some of the world's finest dramatists, including David Hare,
Nick Dear, Ranjit Bolt, John Clifford, Kenneth McLeish, and Adrian Mitchell.
Softcover, 294 pp. $37.95.
 Solving Your Script: Tools and Techniques for the Playwright
Jeffrey Sweet
In this book by the author of The Dramatist's Toolkit,
Jeffrey Sweet shares all of the secrets that have helped him to
write his extraordinary award-winning plays and screenplays. Based
on the program that he teaches at New York's Actors Studio, this
helpful guide is a must for anyone who wishes to improve their
ability to write for stage, film, and television. Softcover, 226
pp., $30.95.
 Diary of A Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road with Mary Martin and Carol Channing
James Kirkwood
A written account of the making of Legends!, the show starring real
life legends Mary Martin and Carol Channing, told by prize-winning playwright
James Kirkwood. Softcover, $25.95.
Teaching Young Playwrights
Gerald Chapman
A book for teachers of writing, regardless
of their theatrical experience. Informative and accessible, it aims to get
rid of many of the fears teachers and students feel whenthey are faced with
the prospect of revealing themselves as completely as playwrighting demands.
$28.95.
 Playwrights in Rehearsal
Susan Letzler Cole
Playwrights in Rehearsal vividly depicts both the pleasures and the
tensions of playwrights working in the company of actors, dramaturgs, and directors.
In this revealing book we see eight playwrights responding to the questions
and dealing with the anxieties of their collaborations. As we watch and listen,
and these writers watch and listen, plays come to life. $37.95.
 State of Play: Playwrights on Playwriting
David Edgar, ed.
A forum for theatre practitioners to
write about their work. The first issue begins with a wide ranging guide to
the major movements in theatre of the past 40 years and ends with Phyllis Nagy's
advice to aspiring writers. $22.99.
Writing Your First Play
Second Edition
Roger A Hall
Writing Your First Play provides the beginning playwright with the tools
and motivation to tell a story through dramatic form. Based in a series of
exercises which gradually grow more complex, the books helps the reader to
understand the basic elements of drama, conflict, and action. The exercises
help the reader to become increasingly sophisticated in the use of dramatic
formats, turning simple ideas into a viable play. $49.95.
David Mamet in Conversation
Edited by Leslie Kane
When asked what epitaph he'd write for himself, David Mamet replied "I
told you that you were going to miss me." "David Mamet In Conversation" is
a collection of interviews between Mamet and other writers and reporters on
topics ranging from epitaphs to myth to public image to politics to Hugh Hefner.
Mamet's intelligence and good humour make the book delightfully entertaining
-- and it accomplishes the most difficult of tasks: it makes you want to read
the rest of his work. Softcover, $27.95
 Making Plays: The Writer Director Relationship in the Theatre Today
Richard Nelson & David Jones
The relationship between the playwright
and the director is crucial; yet there is little public knowledge of what actually
goes on therehearsal room. This book investigates this relationship and the
roles played by designers, producers, critics and even actors in the staging
of a new work in the modern theatre. A valuable book for the professional or
the novice, a valuable working guide. $15.99.
 The Playwright's Voice
David L. Savran
American dramatists on memory, writing,
and the politics of culture. Interviews with Edward Albee, Holly Hughes, Terrence
McNally, Wendy Wasserrman and more. $24.95.
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