Problems of the Playwright
Clayton Hamilton
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A third volume of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton, published as a companion piece to The Theory of the Theatre & Studies in Stagecraft, and focusing (as one might expect) on the problems of the playwright. (Summary by Andrew Gaunce) (9 hr 16 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 9:38 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
| Contrast in the Drama | 13:32 | Read by Andrea Weinman |
| Building a Play Backward | 31:01 | Read by Andrea Weinman |
| The Point of View | 8:37 | Read by Val Myers |
| Surprise in the Drama | 10:51 | Read by czandra |
| The Troublesome Last Act | 12:12 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| Strategy and Tactics | 11:07 | Read by Andrew Gaunce |
| Proportion in the Drama | 9:52 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Harmony in Presentation | 9:55 | Read by Tad Davis |
| High Comedy in America | 9:51 | Read by czandra |
| The George M. Cohan School of Playwrights | 14:16 | Read by Patrick Randall |
| Youth and Age in the Drama | 20:57 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| Yvette Guilbert — Première Diseuse | 11:08 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| The Loveliness of Little Things | 9:26 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| The Magic of Mr. Chesterton | 10:51 | Read by ToddHW |
| Middle Class Opinion | 17:13 | Read by Wallace Morgan |
| Criticism and Creation in the Drama | 18:19 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| A Kiss for Cinderella | 16:03 | Read by ToddHW |
| Dramatic Talent and Theatrical Talent | 34:48 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| Stevenson on the Stage | 27:42 | Read by Tad Davis |
| The Plays of Lord Dunsany | 39:03 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Mood of Maeterlinck | 8:41 | Read by czandra |
| Euripides in New York | 14:12 | Read by ToddHW |
| Romance and Realism in the Drama | 19:49 | Read by ToddHW |
| Scenic Settings in America | 14:19 | Read by VoiceofSuan |
| The New Stagecraft | 23:18 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| The Long Run in the Theatre | 10:29 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| The Non-commercial Drama | 8:13 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| The Public and the Theatre | 23:36 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| A Democratic Insurrection in the Theatre | 27:30 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| Literature and the Drama | 12:12 | Read by J. M. Smallheer |
| A Scheme for a Stock Company | 17:47 | Read by Claudia Caldi |
| What Is Wrong with the American Drama? | 29:49 | Read by William Allan Jones |