The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in The Creative Interpretation of Human Motives - Lajos Egri
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in The Creative Interpretation of Human Motives - Lajos Egri
Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the
heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people -- their private
natures and their inter-relationships -- that move a story and give it
life. All good dramatic writing depends upon an understanding of
human motives. Why do people act as they do? What forces
transform a coward into a hero, a hero into a coward? What is it that
Romeo does early in Shakespeare's play that makes his later suicide
seem inevitable? Why must Nora leave her husband at the end of A
Doll's House?