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Problems of the Playwright

A third volume of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton, published as a companion piece to The Theory of the Theatre & Studies in Stagecraft, and focusing (as one might expect) on the problems of the playwright. (Summary by Andrew Gaunce)

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Preface (Andrew Gaunce)
Contrast in the Drama (Andrea Weinman)
Building a Play Backward (Andrea Weinman)
The Point of View (Val Myers)
Surprise in the Drama (czandra)
The Troublesome Last Act (J. M. Smallheer)
Strategy and Tactics (Andrew Gaunce)
Proportion in the Drama (Kerry Adams)
Harmony in Presentation (Tad Davis)
High Comedy in America (czandra)
The George M. Cohan School of Playwrights (Patrick Randall)
Youth and Age in the Drama (Claudia Caldi)
Yvette Guilbert — Première Diseuse (Claudia Caldi)
The Loveliness of Little Things (Claudia Caldi)
The Magic of Mr. Chesterton (ToddHW)
Middle Class Opinion (Wallace Morgan)
Criticism and Creation in the Drama (Claudia Caldi)
A Kiss for Cinderella (ToddHW)
Dramatic Talent and Theatrical Talent (Claudia Caldi)
Stevenson on the Stage (Tad Davis)
The Plays of Lord Dunsany (Michele Fry)
The Mood of Maeterlinck (czandra)
Euripides in New York (ToddHW)
Romance and Realism in the Drama (ToddHW)
Scenic Settings in America (VoiceofSuan)
The New Stagecraft (Claudia Caldi)
The Long Run in the Theatre (Claudia Caldi)
The Non-commercial Drama (Claudia Caldi)
The Public and the Theatre (Claudia Caldi)
A Democratic Insurrection in the Theatre (Claudia Caldi)
Literature and the Drama (J. M. Smallheer)
A Scheme for a Stock Company (Claudia Caldi)
What Is Wrong with the American Drama? (William Allan Jones)
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