Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
Product ID: 65672128
🎭Essential for theater pros & creatives
📚35 years of timeless expertise
📝Script analysis meets playwriting mastery
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Description
🎭 Decode every script like a pro—don’t just read plays, live them!
- COMPREHENSIVE SUCCINCT - Dense with actionable insights yet quick to read—ideal for busy professionals.
- PROVEN TRUSTED CLASSIC - A best-seller with a 4.6-star rating from 475+ reviews—your creative edge awaits.
- CROSS DISCIPLINARY POWER TOOL - Perfect for directors, actors, screenwriters, and production specialists alike.
- MASTER THE CRAFT OF PLAY ANALYSIS - Unlock playwrights’ secrets with a method refined over 35 years.
- BACKWARDS APPROACH FORWARD RESULTS - Revolutionize your script reading by working from the end to the start.
Backwards and Forwards is a definitive 35-year-old script analysis manual that empowers theater and screen professionals to dissect and interpret plays with precision. Developed by a Guthrie Theater literary director, it offers a unique backwards reading method that enhances understanding of plot, character, and theme. Highly rated and widely recommended, this book is a must-have for directors, actors, playwrights, and screenwriters seeking to elevate their craft.
Specifications
| Best Sellers Rank | 475,352 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 188 in Theatre Direction & Production 414 in Playwriting 773 in Acting & Auditioning (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (480) |
| Dimensions | 13.65 x 0.99 x 21.59 cm |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| ISBN-10 | 0809311100 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0809311101 |
| Item weight | 1.05 kg |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 112 pages |
| Publication date | 7 July 1983 |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Pr |
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