For anyone interested in drama, Playwrights on Playwriting: From Ibsen
to Ionesco offers revealing and astute insights on modern theater and
the creation of plays. The book gathers the opinions and theories of the
greatest names in the past 200 years of drama, among them Anton Chekhov,
George Bernard Shaw, Federico Garcia Lorca, Eugene O'Neill, Bertolt
Brecht, Tenessee Williams, Sean O'Casey, and Arthur Miller, to name a
few. In the first part of the book, "Credos and Concepts," the
playwrights offer their differing philosophies on the dynamics of
theatrical performance and the changes in drama since Aristotle. In the
second part, "Creations," the same dramatists look at specific plays of
their own, commenting on their intended goals and the works' overall
success. A unique and enlightening collection, Playwrights on
Playwriting is an essential resource for the enthusiast of theater.