Drama History category: 1664 books

Cover of Terence Rattigan: A Biography
by Geoffrey Wansell
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012

The greatest plays of Terence Rattigan (1911-77) - including The Browning Version, The Deep Blue Sea, Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy - are now established classics. There have been regular revivals of his work, including recent productions in the West End, at Chichester Festival Theatre and by...
Cover of 丟掉你的爛劇本!──故事不NG!一下筆就能寫的43個關鍵技巧

丟掉你的爛劇本!──故事不NG!一下筆就能寫的43個關鍵技巧

YOUR SCREENPLAY NEEDS A LITTLE WORK: GET YOUR SCRIPT TO THE GOAL LINE

by D‧B‧吉爾 D. B. GILLES
Language: Chinese
Release Date: August 10, 2018

劇本要好看、故事要動人,不能光靠靈感和想像! 你更需要寫,一下筆就能寫,一寫就能賣的關鍵寫作技巧! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 《為什麼你的故事被打X》熱銷萬本新裝上市 現在開始,搶救你的爛故事、丟掉你的爛劇本!   寫劇本不只是在說故事,也在賣故事! 那麼,好故事怎麼寫? ◎一開始就要奪眼球  ‧故事要開始的正是時候,別拖泥帶水  ‧一定要有事情發生,讓故事往前推進  ‧即使事實不有趣,也要記得加以虛構 ◎製造戲劇張力 ‧來個爆發轉折點,讓戲劇化情節持續推展 ‧最有意思的經歷,都是那些你想忘記的事 ‧不一定要攸關生死才會有驚喜 ◎主角必須很有事 ‧苦頭越多,越能引起觀眾共鳴 ‧麻煩越多,情節越好看 ‧障礙越多,對觀眾來說越精彩 ◎衝突是對話的靈魂所在 ‧對白必須要揭露角色特質 ‧一定要製造衝突與爭吵 ‧不必要的絕不多說 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 劇本是否有趣吸引人,全在於故事是否夠起伏跌宕! 你沒日沒夜、絞盡腦汁,好不容易完成一個故事,信心滿滿丟出你的劇本,結果卻總是「這個故事不有趣」、「無聊沒有梗」、「引不起共鳴」……而你也不知道這本「曠世巨作」出了什麼問題? 本書作者以身為劇本諮詢顧問超過20年的經驗,告訴你43個連好萊塢編劇都買單的說故事關鍵技巧,從劇情架構、情節鋪陳、角色塑造、對白設定……一步步讓你丟掉爛劇本,最終成為電影公司搶拍,觀眾搶看的搶手貨。 【前言】這本書對於你的意義 【自序】你需要的不只是好劇本 本書將如何幫助你 PART...
Cover of Routledge Revivals: The Shakespearean Metaphor (1990)
by Ralph Berry
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016

First published in 1978, this book represents a study of the ways in which Shakespeare exploits the possibilities of metaphor. In a series of studies ranging from the early to the mature Shakespeare, the author concentrates on metaphor as a controlling structure — the extent to which a certain metaphoric...
Cover of Adaptations of Laurence Sterne's Fiction
by Mary-Celine Newbould
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016

Exploring how readers received and responded to literary works in the long eighteenth century, M-C. Newbould focuses on the role played by Laurence Sterne’s fiction and its adaptations. Literary adaptation flourished throughout the eighteenth century, encouraging an interactive relationship between...
Cover of Tragedy and Trauma in the Plays of Christopher Marlowe
by Mathew R. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

Contending that criticism of Marlowe’s plays has been limited by humanist conceptions of tragedy, this book engages with trauma theory, especially psychoanalytic trauma theory, to offer a fresh critical perspective within which to make sense of the tension in Marlowe’s plays between the tragic...
Cover of Anton Chekhov
by Rose Whyman
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010

Anton Chekhov offers a critical introduction to the plays and productions of this canonical playwright, examining the genius of Chekhov's writing, theatrical representation and dramatic philosophy. Emphasising Chekhov’s continued relevance and his mastery of the tragicomic, Rose Whyman provides...
Cover of Eight Men Speak

Eight Men Speak

A Play by Oscar Ryan et al.

by Oscar Ryan, Edward Cecil-Smith, Frank Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013

This volume comprises a reprinting and gloss of the original text of the 1933 Communist play Eight Men Speak. The play was banned by the Toronto police after its first performance, banned by the Winnipeg police shortly thereafter and subsequently banned by the Canadian Post Office. The play can be...
Cover of The King of the Dark Chamber
by Rabindranath Tagore
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016

Sings. We are all Kings in the kingdom of our King. Were it not so, how could we hope in our heart to meet him! We do what we like, yet we do what he likes; We are not bound with the chain of fear at the feet of a slave-owning King. Were it not so, how could we hope in our heart to meet him! Our King...
Cover of Amores trágicos

Amores trágicos

Las más dramáticas relaciones amorosas de la historia

by Luis Benítez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009

No siempre las historias de amor terminan bien. Aunque no se lleve una estadística concreta, buena parte de ellas tienen un mal final, que en ocasiones hasta puede ser el escenario más desdichado de una tragedia, un drama que puede afectar letalmente a una de las partes de la pareja o a ambas. Esta...
Cover of Estudio acerca de Panic de Afonso Vallejo
by Ester Abreu Vieira de Oliveira
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 11, 2017

En Estudio de Panic de Alfonso Vallejo, la reconocida profesora y escritora brasileña, Ester Abreu Vieira de Oliveira (Muqui, 1933), realiza un acucioso análisis de esa obra dramática de Alfonso Vallejo, cuya génesis estuvo en la investigación "Lo tragicómico del ser humano en PANIC", que desarrolló...
Cover of La Tempête – suivi d'annexes

La Tempête – suivi d'annexes

Nouvelle édition 2019

by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2019

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de La tempête de William Shakespeare augmentée d'annexes (Biographie). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre. - Accédez instantanément...
Cover of Troïlus et Cressida – suivi d'annexes
by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2019

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Troïlus et Cressida de William Shakespeare augmentée d'annexes (Biographie). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre. - Accédez instantanément...
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Romeo et Juliette – suivi d'annexes

Nouvelle édition 2019

by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2019

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Roméo et Juliette de William Shakespeare augmentée d'annexes (Biographie). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre. - Accédez instantanément...
Cover of Le Songe d'une nuit d'été – suivi d'annexes
by William Shakespeare
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2019

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Le songe d’une nuit d’été de William Shakespeare augmentée d'annexes (Biographie). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre. -...
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