DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/X1HV-4E58
Defense Date
1979
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Theatre
First Advisor
Richard Newdick and James Pendleton
Abstract
A playwright is confronted with a barrage of problems each time he attempts to write a playscript. As each problem is either solved, eliminated, or worked out on its own, the play grows closer to its life upon the stage. In writing The Invalid, I was spared not one of the many problems a playwright faces when he writes a play. am certain that I not only encountered, but solved many of the same problems that other writers encounter, in a manner not unlike their own. In fact, in this introduction, I present a few thoughts by other playwrights who have inspired much of my own work in the theatre. The problem I discovered to be central in the creation of The Invalid is that of creating character.
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Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
7-25-2016