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2022-08-21
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Problems of the Playwright

Clayton Hamilton (1881 - 1946)

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)

Genre(s): Essays & Short Works, Performing Arts

Language: English

Keyword(s): theatre (32), theatre criticism (4), dramatic arts (4), playwriting (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Andrew Gaunce
 00:09:38
Play 01 Contrast in the Drama Andrea Weinman
 00:13:32
Play 02 Building a Play Backward Andrea Weinman
 00:31:01
Play 03 The Point of View Val Myers
 00:08:37
Play 04 Surprise in the Drama czandra
 00:10:51
Play 05 The Troublesome Last Act J. M. Smallheer
 00:12:12
Play 06 Strategy and Tactics Andrew Gaunce
 00:11:07
Play 07 Proportion in the Drama Kerry Adams
 00:09:52
Play 08 Harmony in Presentation Tad Davis
 00:09:55
Play 09 High Comedy in America czandra
 00:09:51
Play 10 The George M. Cohan School of Playwrights Patrick Randall
 00:14:16
Play 11 Youth and Age in the Drama Claudia Caldi
 00:20:57
Play 12 Yvette Guilbert — Première Diseuse Claudia Caldi
 00:11:08
Play 13 The Loveliness of Little Things Claudia Caldi
 00:09:26
Play 14 The Magic of Mr. Chesterton ToddHW
 00:10:51
Play 15 Middle Class Opinion Wallace Morgan
 00:17:13
Play 16 Criticism and Creation in the Drama Claudia Caldi
 00:18:20
Play 17 A Kiss for Cinderella ToddHW
 00:16:03
Play 18 Dramatic Talent and Theatrical Talent Claudia Caldi
 00:34:48
Play 19 Stevenson on the Stage Tad Davis
 00:27:42
Play 20 The Plays of Lord Dunsany Michele Fry
 00:39:03
Play 21 The Mood of Maeterlinck czandra
 00:08:41
Play 22 Euripides in New York ToddHW
 00:14:12
Play 23 Romance and Realism in the Drama ToddHW
 00:19:49
Play 24 Scenic Settings in America VoiceofSuan
 00:14:19
Play 25 The New Stagecraft Claudia Caldi
 00:23:18
Play 26 The Long Run in the Theatre Claudia Caldi
 00:10:29
Play 27 The Non-commercial Drama Claudia Caldi
 00:08:13
Play 28 The Public and the Theatre Claudia Caldi
 00:23:36
Play 29 A Democratic Insurrection in the Theatre Claudia Caldi
 00:27:30
Play 30 Literature and the Drama J. M. Smallheer
 00:12:12
Play 31 A Scheme for a Stock Company Claudia Caldi
 00:17:47
Play 32 What Is Wrong with the American Drama? William Allan Jones
 00:29:49