"The Art of Writing Drama" is an indispensable textbook for wherever writing for
the stage is taught, but also serves as a foundational book for any student
taking courses in performance media - radio, television and film.
Coupling theory with practice, the book opens with a survey of the current
methodologies of teaching playwriting and of textual analysis. The theories of
Bakhtin, Foucault and Derrida are examined as are the agendas of play reviewers
from the national press. In the second section of the book, a wealth of guidance
with practical exercises on the skills of writing for the stage is provided.
Throughout the text, Wandor