Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books that have appeared in recent years, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play-construction.
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For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life.
Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters.
This book does that - and its principles are so valid that they apply equally well to the short story, novel and screenplay.
Amid the hundreds of "how-to" books that have appeared in recent years, there have been very few which attempted to analyze the mysteries of play-construction