Dramatic Technique

Dramatic Technique

George Pierce Baker, American educator in the field of drama (1866 – 1935)


This ebook presents «Dramatic Technique», from George Pierce Baker. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Motto

- Preface

- What It Is The Drama As An Independent Art

- The Essentials Of Drama Action And Emotion

- From Subject To Plot Clearing The Way

- From Subject Through Story To Plot Clearness Through Wise Selection

- From Subject To Plot, Proportioning The Materialnumber And Length Of Acts

- The Prologue

- From Subject To Plot Arrangement For Clearness, Emphasis, Movement

- Orchids

- Prologue

- The Débutante

- Characterization

- The Provoked Wife

- You Never Can Tell

- The Cradle Le Berceau

- Dialogue

- Original Revision

- Two Hearts

- Original Revsion

- Prologue

- Original Revision

- Original Revision

- The Importance Of Being Earnest

- The Way Of The World

- Making A Scenario

- General John Regan

- Characters

- At The Top Of The Tenement

- The Eternal Triangle: A Nightmare

- The Eyes Of The Blind

- The Captain A Melodrama

- Dramatis Personæ

- The Sire De Maletroit's Door

- Mistress Beatrice Cope

- The Fishing Of Suzanne

- The Winning Of General Jane

- Notes For The Modern Tragedy

- Kismet Or Hajji's Day

- Characters

- The Dramatist And His Public