Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays - Paperback
by David Ball
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Ball, Michael Langham (Foreword by), Joseph Haj (Foreword by)Publish date:1983-07-07Pages:112
Language:EnglishPublisher:Southern Illinois University PressISBN-13:9780809311101ISBN-10:809311100UPC:9780809311101Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:WritingSize:8.45 x 5.35 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC84FBS11E
Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
The best-selling script analysis book for thirty-five years
Considered an essential text since its publication thirty-five years ago, this guide for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather than contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts. Ball developed his method during his work as literary director at the Guthrie Theater,...Language:EnglishPublisher:Southern Illinois University PressISBN-13:9780809311101ISBN-10:809311100UPC:9780809311101Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:WritingSize:8.45 x 5.35 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC84FBS11E
David Ball was one of the nation's first theater literary directors when he served under Michael Langham at Minneapolis's Guthrie Theater. He later taught acting, directing, and script analysis at Lawrence, Carnegie Mellon, and Duke Universities. He was the artistic director of Pittsburgh's renowned Metro Theater and the literary director of the Pittsburgh Public Theater. David Ball's plays and...
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
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2nd Edition
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David Ball, Michael Langham (Foreword by), Joseph Haj (Foreword by)
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