The Drama Handbook: A Guide to Reading Plays ebook

by Mary Luckhurst,John Lennard

Mary Luckhurst John Lennard History and Criticism English

John Lennard teaches at the Universities of Cambridge and Notre Dame, and for the British American Drama Academy in. .Mary Luckhurst is Lecturer in Modern Drama at the University of York.

John Lennard teaches at the Universities of Cambridge and Notre Dame, and for the British American Drama Academy in London. He is the author of 'But I Digress' (1991), the best-selling 'The Poetry Handbook' (1996), and an on-line guide, 'Reading Contemporary Poetry' (2001). She is an award-winning playwright, and has worked as a director.

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Lennard and Luckhurst’s Drama Handbook would have been a more useful text if it had explored such topics. Still, students will doubtless benefit from the immense amount of information provided and the ambitious scope of the book. The material on exam questions at the end will doubtless appeal to teachers and students alike.

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The Drama Handbook : A Guide to Reading Plays.

She is a director, writer, theatre historian and an authority on dramaturgy and wrote the first cultural history of literary management in modern Europe. The Drama Handbook : A Guide to Reading Plays.

A Guide to Reading Plays. John Lennard and Mary Luckhurst. A Guide to Reading Plays. This book is a compact guide to reading plays, and to the art and techniques of drama. Introduces the technical and critical vocabulary to inform students' play reading and criticism. Introduces major playwrights and dramatic genres. An ideal revision text - includes a section on exam technique, and sample student essays. Emphasises drama in performance.

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This book provides an accessible guide to drama, its craft, and its technique using extensive examples from the major dramatists' most frequently studied plays. It aims to make students familiar with technical vocabulary and critical concepts that will deepen their reading of drama. With a special section on exam technique and a glossary of terms, this is an ideal introduction to the concepts and issues students will find useful when reading drama.