Columbia’s professor of dramatic literature collects what dramatists themselves have said about writing for the stage. Matthews goes on to consider undramatic criticism, old plays and new audiences, tragedies with happy endings, whether Shakespeare wrote parts for particular actors, strange Shakespearean performances, stage humour, and why Thackeray, Mark Twain and Henry James never succeeded as playwrights.
Shrewd, practical theatre criticism for readers and would-be dramatists. Download the free EPUB.