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This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 359 pages of information about Play-Making.
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Table of Contents
Section Page

Start of eBook1
PROLOGUE1
INTRODUCTORY1
THE CHOICE OF A THEME7
DRAMATIC AND UNDRAMATIC13
THE ROUTINE OF COMPOSITION26
DRAMATIS PERSONAE37
THE BEGINNING40
THE POINT OF ATTACK:  SHAKESPEARE AND IBSEN40
EXPOSITION:  ITS END AND ITS MEANS53
THE FIRST ACT63
FORESHADOWING, NOT FORESTALLING85
THE MIDDLE91
TENSION AND ITS SUSPENSION91
PREPARATION:  THE FINGER-POST97
THE OBLIGATORY SCENE109
THE PERIPETY127
PROBABILITY, CHANCE, AND COINCIDENCE133
LOGIC144
KEEPING A SECRET148
THE END154
CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX154
CONVERSION159
BLIND-ALLEY THEMES—­AND OTHERS164
THE FULL CLOSE169
EPILOGUE178
CHARACTER AND PSYCHOLOGY178
DIALOGUE AND DETAILS182
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