Dimensions
139 x 216 x 17mm
Drawing on a wide range of plays, both historical and modern, The Secret Life of Plays examines the continuities, conventions and trade secrets that govern their writing. Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic writingscenes, acts, time, space, characters, language and imagesto show how plays are more than the sum of their parts, with as much inner vitality as a living organism.
