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Writing for Vaudeville

by Brett Page

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  1. 1Foreword
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Chapter I — The Why of the Vaudeville Act
  4. 4Chapter II — Should You Try to Write for Vaudeville?
  5. 5Chapter III — The Vaudeville Stage and Its Dimensions
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Scenery Commonly Found in Vaudeville Theatres
  7. 7Chapter V — The Nature of the Monologue
  8. 8Chapter VI — Writing the Monologue
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Vaudeville Two-Act
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Structural Elements of Two-Act Material
  11. 11Chapter IX — Putting the Two-Act on Paper
  12. 12Chapter X — The Playlet as a Unique Dramatic Form
  13. 13Chapter XI — Kinds of Playlet
  14. 14Chapter XII — How Playlets Are Germinated
  15. 15Chapter XIII — The Dramatic — The Vital Element of Plot
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The Structural Elements of Plot
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Characters in the Playlet
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Dialogue in the Playlet
  19. 19Chapter XVII — “Business” in the Playlet
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Writing the Playlet
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Elements of a Successful One-Act Musical Comedy
  22. 22Chapter XX — Putting Together the One-Act Musical Comedy With Hints…
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Musical Elements of the Popular Song
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Elements of a Successful Lyric
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Writing the Popular Song
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Manuscripts and Markets
  27. 27Chapter XXV — How a Vaudeville Act Is Booked
  28. 28Appendix
  29. 29After the Shower
  30. 30After the Shower
  31. 31The Villain Still Pursued Her
  32. 32The Lollard a Satirical Comedy
  33. 33Blackmail a One-Act Play by Richard Harding Davis
  34. 34The System a One-Act Melodrama
  35. 35A Persian Garden
  36. 36My Old Kentucky Home
  37. 37Glossary

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