[Gutenberg 36580] • Dramatic Technique

Written by the man who founded the Yale School of Drama when he couldn't persuade Harvard to offer a degree (not just a class) in playwriting, *Dramatic Technique* is complilation of the playwriting techniques he had developed at Harvard through his renowned English 47 Class/Workshop, whose students included Eugene O'Neill, Philip Barry and Thomas Wolfe among several others who became recognized and successful. This book offers a breakdown of the elements of plays and playwriting in concise and straightforward terms: “Though academic, th[is] book is by no means dogmatic or theoretical. Quite the contrary. Its spirit is broadly scientific and its method is inductive.” --New York Times