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Chapter 8
The Playwright
The Script (The Catalyst)
• a successful play can be inspired by almost anything:
• a comic strip – Annie
• a historical event – Henry V
• a visual artist's work – Sunday in the Park with George
• Novel – Les Miserables
The Script
Typical techniques used in the development of new plays include:
• play readings
• workshops
The Playwright (Greek)
• They were NOT paid large sums of money. (Starving Artists)
• They performed and staged their own plays.
• An advantage to directing one's own play is increased control of the
final product.
• Their work was considered an important civic contribution.
The Playwright
• Why the strange spelling of the English word "playwright"?
• In the Middle Ages, "wright" meant a craftsperson.
• Shipwright built ships a wheelwright made wheels and vehicles etc.
• By the early 1800s, playwriting was still NOT considered a highly
respectable profession.
The Playwright (compensation)
• Greeks playwrights were not compensated but instead did it as a
civic duty and for recognition.
• Elizabethan writers could sell the script to a troupe.
• 18th century English Playwrights could also receive profits from a
“benefit night” the 3rd 6th and 20th performance of the shows first
run.
• Fees for each performance of a play are known as royalties.
• Copyright laws recognize a play as a writer's intellectual property.
The Playwright (Modern)
• A basic awareness of the physical aspects of theatre is important for
writers who wish to see their work produced.
• Even after the play is in rehearsal a playwright can make the
following revisions:
• move scenes around
• refine or eliminate dialogue
• add or cut a song or speech

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Chapter 8

  • 2. The Script (The Catalyst) • a successful play can be inspired by almost anything: • a comic strip – Annie • a historical event – Henry V • a visual artist's work – Sunday in the Park with George • Novel – Les Miserables
  • 3. The Script Typical techniques used in the development of new plays include: • play readings • workshops
  • 4. The Playwright (Greek) • They were NOT paid large sums of money. (Starving Artists) • They performed and staged their own plays. • An advantage to directing one's own play is increased control of the final product. • Their work was considered an important civic contribution.
  • 5. The Playwright • Why the strange spelling of the English word "playwright"? • In the Middle Ages, "wright" meant a craftsperson. • Shipwright built ships a wheelwright made wheels and vehicles etc. • By the early 1800s, playwriting was still NOT considered a highly respectable profession.
  • 6. The Playwright (compensation) • Greeks playwrights were not compensated but instead did it as a civic duty and for recognition. • Elizabethan writers could sell the script to a troupe. • 18th century English Playwrights could also receive profits from a “benefit night” the 3rd 6th and 20th performance of the shows first run. • Fees for each performance of a play are known as royalties. • Copyright laws recognize a play as a writer's intellectual property.
  • 7. The Playwright (Modern) • A basic awareness of the physical aspects of theatre is important for writers who wish to see their work produced. • Even after the play is in rehearsal a playwright can make the following revisions: • move scenes around • refine or eliminate dialogue • add or cut a song or speech