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WILLIAM ARCHER Play-Making: A Manual of Craftmanship
London, Chapman & Hall. 1926. Hard Cover . Chapman & Hall, London, 1926. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth-covered boards. Good condition; minor edgewear; spine sunned, top-edge dusty. Previous owner inscription on FEP has been covered with a white sticker, o/w internally bright and unmarked. Divided into 5 separate books, this text explains the nuances of play-writing. Book I, entitled 'Prologue', covers choice of a theme, the routine of composition and dramatis personae. Book II, 'The Beginning', concentrates on the point of attack, exposition, the first act and foreshadowing. The third book, 'The Middle', explains the importance of tension and supense, preparation, the obligatory scene, the peripety, probability, chance and coincidence and logic. Book IV, 'The End', discusses climax and anticlimax, conversion, blind alley themes and the full close. Character and psychology, and dialogue and details are covered in the fifith and final book, 'Epilogue'. An ideal gift for the budding playwirght. 19.5 x 13 cm. 323 pp. Good/No Jacket.
Offered for GBP 8.20 = appr. US$ 16.32 by: Librarius - Book number: 001288
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