Problems of the Playwright
Clayton Hamilton
33 chapters · 9 h 16 min · English
Read by Andrew Gaunce, Andrea Weinman, Val Myers, czandra, J. M. Smallheer, Kerry Adams and others
Miscellaneous · Performing Arts
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A third volume of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton, published as a companion piece to The Theory of the Theatre & Studies in Stagecraft, and focusing (as one might expect) on the problems of the playwright. (Summary by Andrew Gaunce)
Chapters
1 Preface 10 min 2 Contrast in the Drama 14 min 3 Building a Play Backward 31 min 4 The Point of View 9 min 5 Surprise in the Drama 11 min 6 The Troublesome Last Act 12 min 7 Strategy and Tactics 11 min 8 Proportion in the Drama 10 min 9 Harmony in Presentation 10 min 10 High Comedy in America 10 min 11 The George M. Cohan School of Playwrights 14 min 12 Youth and Age in the Drama 21 min 13 Yvette Guilbert: Première Diseuse 11 min 14 The Loveliness of Little Things 9 min 15 The Magic of Mr. Chesterton 11 min 16 Middle Class Opinion 17 min 17 Criticism and Creation in the Drama 18 min 18 A Kiss for Cinderella 16 min 19 Dramatic Talent and Theatrical Talent 35 min 20 Stevenson on the Stage 28 min 21 The Plays of Lord Dunsany 39 min 22 The Mood of Maeterlinck 9 min 23 Euripides in New York 14 min 24 Romance and Realism in the Drama 20 min 25 Scenic Settings in America 14 min 26 The New Stagecraft 23 min 27 The Long Run in the Theatre 10 min 28 The Non-commercial Drama 8 min 29 The Public and the Theatre 24 min 30 A Democratic Insurrection in the Theatre 28 min 31 Literature and the Drama 12 min 32 A Scheme for a Stock Company 18 min 33 What Is Wrong with the American Drama? 30 min
