Characters in action Book

Dr. Marsh Cassady has the finest possible credentials for authoring this comprehensive book of creative instruction. He is a playwright, director, actor and drama critic of long standing. He has conducted many workshops on playwriting and has taught theatre at the high school and college level for many years. He thoroughly understands his subject and offers an excellent method of teaching it to inexperienced writers. The twelve chapters of this book provide a complete survey of every step in playwriting from the germination of an idea to its complete development into a theatrical production. He covers the basics of writing for theatre, creating characters in conflict, plots and subplots, structure and dialogue and winning an audience. Cassady provides some basic rules, but the reader learns most from the countless examples and anecdotal illustrations from amateur and professional playwrites. The book is ideally suited to be a basic text on the art of playwriting.