playwriting

Examines the evidence surrounding the controversy over the true identity of Willaim Shakespeare and presents a new theory of who the true author of the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare really was.

Summarizes and analyzes the arguments regarding the Shakespeare authorship controversy.

Advice on ideas, plots, characters, adaptations, opportunities in the theater, and other considerations of the beginning playwright.

Describes the many components of plays and explains how to put one on.

Identifies the characteristics of a play and gives guidelines, suggestions, and examples for choosing a story, developing ideas, making a first draft, adapting to practical considerations, and preparing the finished script.

"Explores the craft of playwriting"--Provided by publisher.

Guides readers through the process of writing a play, discussing how to come up with an idea, create characters, develop the story, make revisions, promote the play, and more.

Presents a collection of twenty-seven thousand humorous movie plot combinations and ideas.

Discusses the case of authorship of the plays of William Shakespeare, and asserts, with biographical and textual evidence, that Shakespeare was an actual person, not the pen-name of a group of anonymous playwrights. Includes end notes, bibliography, and index.