Glenn Alterman

Writing the 10-Minute Play (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is written for the beginning or seasoned playwright, as well as for actors (or anyone) wishing to attempt their first ten-minute play. Every aspect of writing a ten-minute play is covered, from perking with an idea, to starting the play, to developing it, to effective rewriting, to completing it, even to how to get the most out of readings of your play once you've finished it. Writing the 10-Minute Play also reveals the best ways to market your play and includes an extensive listing of ten-minute play contests. The guide contains many in-depth interviews with international playwrights who have had substantial success with their ten-minute plays, as well as publishers of ten-minute plays and producers of ten-minute play festivals. Included as well are several award-winning ten-minute plays, followed by a discussion by the respective playwrights on how they went about creating their play, from start to finish. The final chapter offers tips and suggestions from artistic directors of ten-minute play festivals and from well-known playwrights whose ten-minute plays have received awards and publishing deals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780879108809
• Artikelnr.: 55112263

Autorenporträt

Glenn Alterman (Brooklyn, NY) is an award-winning playwright, the author of 23 best-selling theater-related books, (including nine volumes of original monologues'), 'a screenwriter, an actor, and a highly respected monologue/audition acting coach. He was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and has worked extensively in regional theater as well as Off-Broadway and television. Alterman is the winner of 44 playwriting competitions, including the prestigious Arts and Letters Award in Drama. His ten-minute plays have appeared in many annual Best 10-Minute Plays anthologies, and have received hundreds of productions, both in the United States and abroad.