The Secret Life of Plays
May 2011
Trade Paperback · 256 Pages
$26.95 U.S.
ISBN 9781848420007
Nick Hern Books
Trade Paperback · 256 Pages
$26.95 U.S.
ISBN 9781848420007
Nick Hern Books
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Steve Waters' book is like his plays: clear, elegant and stimulating throughout — David Edgar
Essential for aspiring playwrights — Whatsonstage.com
Thrilling… crammed with good, old-fashioned close reading of a diverse range of plays, which means that although Waters does primarily address those who write for the theatre, he does not forget those who like watching and reading it — TLS
Waters analyses what makes plays work on stage, discussing—brilliantly—Hamlet and Woyzeck as examples of structure and characterisation, thereby opening new understandings of drama for everyone —
Christopher Innes, THES
Essential for aspiring playwrights — Whatsonstage.com
Thrilling… crammed with good, old-fashioned close reading of a diverse range of plays, which means that although Waters does primarily address those who write for the theatre, he does not forget those who like watching and reading it — TLS
Waters analyses what makes plays work on stage, discussing—brilliantly—Hamlet and Woyzeck as examples of structure and characterisation, thereby opening new understandings of drama for everyone —
Christopher Innes, THES