The Playwright's Manifesto: How You Can Be The Future of Playwriting

This book is a manifesto for the future of playwriting, challenging readers to learn their craft, explode what they know, prioritize what is important to them, and write in the way that only they can. It also examines the process of writing, the art of collaboration, and the impact of writing on a playwright's mental health. It encourages playwrights to acknowledge the unique, primal thrill that a live theatre experience offers and to celebrate the future of playwriting.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 08 September 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023, this book is a manifesto for the future of playwriting. It challenges readers to be a part of that future, believing that it is fundamentally important to write plays. Plays help us understand ourselves, others, and the world around us. By reading this book, readers will be challenged to learn their craft, explode what they know, prioritize what is important to them, and write in the way that only they can write.
Most books on playwriting explain how to create a believable character in a story driven by plot. This book, however, goes even further in its exploration of the playwrights most valuable tool: theatricality. By learning from the past and the present, the playwrights of tomorrow can create new, vivid, theatrical drama for the future. This manifesto also examines the process of writing, the art of collaboration, and the impact of writing on a playwrights mental health. It identifies the highs and lows, as well as the trials and tribulations, of life as a playwright in todays world.
Theatre is a living artform. It is time for playwrights to acknowledge that fact and to celebrate the unique, primal thrill that a live theatre experience offers us. The future of playwriting is in your hands. Do you accept the challenge?

Weight: 394g
Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350204287