Play-Making
PREFATORY NOTE.
BOOK I. PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. THE CHOICE OF A THEME
CHAPTER III. DRAMATIC AND UNDRAMATIC
CHAPTER IV. THE ROUTINE OF COMPOSITION
CHAPTER V. DRAMATIS PERSONAE
BOOK II. THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER VI. THE POINT OF ATTACK: SHAKESPEARE AND IBSEN
CHAPTER VII. EXPOSITION: ITS END AND ITS MEANS
CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRST ACT
CHAPTER IX. “CURIOSITY” AND “INTEREST”
CHAPTER X. FORESHADOWING, NOT FORESTALLING
BOOK III. THE MIDDLE
CHAPTER XI. TENSION AND ITS SUSPENSION
CHAPTER XII. PREPARATION: THE FINGER-POST
CHAPTER XIII. THE OBLIGATORY SCENE
CHAPTER XIV. THE PERIPETY
CHAPTER XV. PROBABILITY, CHANCE, AND COINCIDENCE
CHAPTER XVI. LOGIC
CHAPTER XVII. KEEPING A SECRET
BOOK IV. THE END
CHAPTER XVIII. CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX
CHAPTER XIX. CONVERSION
CHAPTER XX. BLIND-ALLEY THEMES—AND OTHERS
CHAPTER XXI. THE FULL CLOSE
BOOK V. EPILOGUE
CHAPTER XXII. CHARACTER AND PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTER XXIII. DIALOGUE AND DETAILS
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