TY - BOOK AU - Hayman,Higham Ronald TI - How to read a play SN - 080213629X (pbk.) AV - PN 1701 H422h 1999 U1 - 808.2 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Grove Press KW - Drama KW - Study and teaching KW - Reading KW - Teatro KW - Estudio y enseƱanza KW - Lectura N1 - Includes bibliographical references; The reader and the medium Sound effects Momentum and suspense Not by words alone Costume and identity Identity and character Irony and ambiguity Mental theater Silence Meaning and experience Photogenic action Play-reading as a pleasure N2 - How to read a play is an introductory guide to the art of translating the printed page of a play or screenplay into dramatic mental images; this book includes a chapter about how to read a screenplay, noting the intrinisic differences between a screenplay and a playscript ER -