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These short plays illustrate different forms of drama and provide a useful link between improvisation and longer scripted plays at upper secondary level. They give students an opportunity to discover and unravel stylistic conventions in a creative and immediately rewarding manner.

Table of Contents
Introduction; Naturalism: Dog Accident; Morality: Whose Friend Are You?; Absurd: Alas Poor Fred; Melodrama: Tricking the Trickster; Farce: Short Notice; Brechtian: The Old Man Who Liked Cats; Fantasy: Suburban Love Song; Conclusion.

Playforms Seven Scripts for Secondary Drama

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 8/28/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521588584, 978-0521588584
      ISBN10: 0521588588
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These short plays illustrate different forms of drama and provide a useful link between improvisation and longer scripted plays at upper secondary level. They give students an opportunity to discover and unravel stylistic conventions in a creative and immediately rewarding manner.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Naturalism: Dog Accident; Morality: Whose Friend Are You?; Absurd: Alas Poor Fred; Melodrama: Tricking the Trickster; Farce: Short Notice; Brechtian: The Old Man Who Liked Cats; Fantasy: Suburban Love Song; Conclusion.

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