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UNPACKING THE LAYERS: ARTHUR MILLER'S INSIGHTS INTO "DEATH OF A SALESMAN"
In a newly discovered letter to a college student, written shortly after the premiere of his most famous work, the playwright describes...
Feb 28, 2024

THE LITERARY ANIMAL: EVOLUTION & THE NATURE OF NARRATIVE
I've read dozens of books on playwriting, screenwriting, and story. The top five are: The Literary Animal: Evolution & The Nature of...
Jan 10, 2024


MAKING MOVIES: SIDNEY LUMET
Lumet's 1995 book, Making Movies, is a must-read for filmmakers and movie lovers. Here are a few of my favorite passages: "With Serpico,...
Jan 8, 2024

How Not to Write a Play, by Walter Kerr - Part II
The list of my highlights continues: Pg 51 - "We have inherited not the drama of action, of character, of kinetic intimacy with the human...
Nov 23, 2023

How Not to Write a Play, by Walter Kerr - Part I
How Not to Write a Play by Walter Kerr, 1955, Simon and Schuster, is among the best books ever written on playwrighting. Kerr's grasp of...
Nov 23, 2023

Quotes
We were loading in a show at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center when a scribble of graffiti on an elevator door caught my eye - "Know...
Nov 20, 2023
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