Playwrights on television: conversations with dramatists

"Playwrights on Television features interviews with writers of award-winning stage plays and celebrated television shows reflecting on the successes and challenges of being a playwright in the post-network television era. In these conversations, eighteen dramatists consider their professional p...

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Other Authors: Miller, Hillary (Interviewer)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2020
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"Playwrights on Television features interviews with writers of award-winning stage plays and celebrated television shows reflecting on the successes and challenges of being a playwright in the post-network television era. In these conversations, eighteen dramatists consider their professional paths and creative choices, from training and education to thoughts on craft and technique, and discuss a range of issues relevant to the development of dramatic writing today. Theatregoers and TV aficionados alike will find new perspectives on the journeys travelled by some of their favorite plays and series, such as The Affair, The Americans, Boardwalk Empire, GLOW, House of Cards, Insecure, Mad Men, Orange is the New Black, Shameless, She's Gotta Have It, Vida, The West Wing. A valuable resource for aspiring stage and television writers, as well as theatre and media scholars investigating the works of these dramatists, Playwrights on Television sheds light on the role of the contemporary playwright in the latest Golden Age of TV"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 20, 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 273 pages)
ISBN:9781351131032
1351131036
9781351131025
1351131028
9781351131001
1351131001
9781351131018
135113101X

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