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Download full textZivanovic, Judith – 1973
The distinctive philosophies of Bertolt Brecht and Jean-Paul Sartre concerning man's existence directly influence their attitudes toward character, action, and the total drama. Both playwrights reveal that drama is an inseparable and reciprocal molding of content and form. The relationship between their ideas and their expressions of them is so…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Drama, Dramatics, Playwriting
Wood, David – Drama, 1973
A rationale for writing more children's plays by experimental theatre playwrights. (CH)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Creative Writing, Drama
Murray, John – 1972
A collection of sixteen one-act royalty-free plays for teenagers, including detailed directions for costuming and staging, is presented. The variety of the dramatic material makes the plays suitable for production by drama classes, amateur theatre groups and drama workshops. The plays appear in one of the two parts of the book: I. Comedies, and…
Descriptors: Acting, Adolescents, Books, Comedy
Engelsman, Alan; Dewsnup, Evelyn – 1974
Developed with the recognition that many playwrights have theater in their blood (e.g., Eugene O'Neill was the son of a famous actor), the three lessons in this package present, through experience, the fundamentals of dramatic structure. These lessons for the beginning playwright focus on elements of dramatic plot, conflicts, and crisis and…
Descriptors: Characterization, Creative Writing, Drama, Dramatics
De Roo, Edward – Speech Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Dialogs (Literary), Dramatics
Wilcox, Lola – 1977
The last of four related manuals describing the goals and methods of an established developmental theatre project at the University of Colorado, this manual discusses the processes involved in selecting and adapting scripts for specific audiences. The manual suggests ways to cut longer plays for school audiences, methods for organizing parts of…
Descriptors: Acting, Adults, Audiences, Creative Writing
Kirby, Michael, Ed. – The Drama Review, 1977
Seven of the articles in this journal contain first-person descriptions of the procedures and methods used by outstanding American playwrights in creating their individual plays. The playwrights explain their own writing habits, working conditions, and revision processes in an effort to clarify the elements that contribute to the unusual…
Descriptors: Authors, Cognitive Processes, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Boiko, Claire – 1972
A collection of thirty royalty-free one-act plays for young players, using a wide range of dramatic forms, imaginative settings and colorful characters, is presented. A variety of subjects is included in these comedies, dramas, spoofs and programs: science fiction, ecology, history, storybook classics, and glimpses into life and folklore of other…
Descriptors: Acting, Books, Classrooms, Comedy
