Tag Archives: playwright

The Provenance of the Provincetown Playhouse as a Failed NYU Revival

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

The Provincetown Playhouse holds an important niche in early American Theater History as the staging point cradle of the great Playwright Eugene O’Neill’s earliest, and most challenging, plays and the theatre was the hearthstone for premier plays written by Edna St. … Continue reading →

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Writing a Sixty Second Play

Posted on January 20, 2010 by

One task I give my amateur Playwriting students is to have them write a 60-second play in Two Acts using the Three Act structure.  That means you have around 30 seconds to set up the plot conflict points, 20 seconds … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Eric Bentley

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

In thinking about Eric Bentley as he stretches beyond his 93rd birthday, we are torn between the genius of his writing and his coldness as a man.  Will the writing endure?  Or will the chilly memory frost the evergreen talent?

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The Playwright In Situ

Posted on January 11, 2010 by

How should we train modern Playwrights?

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