Using examples from plays and playwrights the reader has most likely encountered, The Well Read Play is structured to teach the reader how to identify context, structure, significance, and character.
Plays only release their true meaning on stage. After an introduction to the historical background of Ibsen's play, the reader is conducted scene by scene through the Action of the play, followed by a
As artistic director of English Touring Theatre (“the company of the moment”—Daily Mail), Stephen Unwin has worked with hundreds of different actors in a multiplicity of venues. In this book, he takes
Even in his lifetime, Brecht was widely misunderstood. Stephen Unwin's 'The Complete Brecht Toolkit' is a vital masterclass that seeks to clear away some of the mystery that surrounds Brecht's theatre
Does God exist?This is probably the most debated question in the history of mankind. Scholars, scientists, and philosophers have spent their lifetimes trying to prove or disprove the existence of God,
When Aubrey Tanqueray marries for the second time, he knows that his new wife, Paula, is a ?woman with a past’. But he has no idea how that past will catch up with him. More probing than Oscar Wilde,
