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Showing posts with label play writing. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

What is Playwriting?

Playwriting is a type of writing that is written for the purpose of theater and stage production. Play writing consists of acts, scenes, and stage direction that set the tone and settings for characters in a play.

Plays are a form of art that has been around for centuries. The Greeks considered plays to be either tragedies or comedies---polar opposite emotions generally achieved in writing. Plays were basically written works put onto the stage where the audience already knew the plot and outline of the play, but wanted to see how different interpretations of a story would be.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Oleanna

Book: Oleanna
By: David Mamet

Play writing stories are the basic blue prints for a stage production, written in descriptive form that clearly defines characters and their movements/actions through stage direction and displays the plot and setting of a story.

David Mamet is a famous play writer, known for his dark themes and hints of social commentary, with plays that are often translated to film , besides the obvious choice of a play.