Play-Making

Play-Making

William Archer, Scottish critic and writer (1856 – 1924)


This ebook presents «Play-Making», from William Archer. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Prefatory Note

- Dedication

- Book I. Prologue

- Chapter I. Introductory

- Chapter Ii. The Choice Of A Theme

- Chapter Iii. Dramatic And Undramatic

- Chapter Iv. The Routine Of Composition

- Chapter V. Dramatis Personae

- Book Ii. The Beginning

- Chapter Vi. The Point Of Attack- Shakespeare And Ibsen

- Chapter Vii. Exposition - Its End And Its Means

- Chapter Viii. The First Act

- Chapter Ix. Curiosity And Interest

- Chapter X. Foreshadowing, Not Forestalling

- Book Iii. The Middle

- Chapter Xi. Tension And Its Suspension

- Chapter Xii. Preparation - The Finger-post

- Chapter Xiii. The Obligatory Scene

- Chapter Xiv. The Peripety

- Chapter Xv. Probability, Chance, And Coincidence

- Chapter Xvi. Logic

- Chapter Xvii. Keeping A Secret

- Book Iv. The End

- Chapter Xviii. Climax And Anticlimax

- Chapter Xix. Conversion

- Chapter Xx. Blind-alley Themes-and Others

- Chapter Xxi. The Full Close

- Book V. Epilogue

- Chapter Xxii. Character And Psychology

- Chapter Xxiii. Dialogue And Details