Problems of the Playwright

by Clayton Hamilton

33 chapters9h 16mEnglish1917

About this book

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)

Chapters (32)

1Contrast in the Drama

812

2Building a Play Backward

1861

3The Point of View

517

4Surprise in the Drama

651

5The Troublesome Last Act

732

6Strategy and Tactics

667

7Proportion in the Drama

592

8Harmony in Presentation

595

9High Comedy in America

591

10The George M. Cohan School of Playwrights

856

11Youth and Age in the Drama

1257

12Yvette Guilbert — Première Diseuse

668

13The Loveliness of Little Things

566

14The Magic of Mr. Chesterton

651

15Middle Class Opinion

1033

16Criticism and Creation in the Drama

1100

17A Kiss for Cinderella

963

18Dramatic Talent and Theatrical Talent

2088

19Stevenson on the Stage

1662

20The Plays of Lord Dunsany

2343

21The Mood of Maeterlinck

521

22Euripides in New York

852

23Romance and Realism in the Drama

1189

24Scenic Settings in America

859

25The New Stagecraft

1398

26The Long Run in the Theatre

629

27The Non-commercial Drama

493

28The Public and the Theatre

1416

29A Democratic Insurrection in the Theatre

1650

30Literature and the Drama

732

31A Scheme for a Stock Company

1067

32What Is Wrong with the American Drama?

1789

Problems of the Playwright

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