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| | | | | | WORKING ON A NEW PLAY | | | By: Edward M. Cohen | | | Synopsis | Table of Contents | | | | | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | | | | Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ix | | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | xiii | | | | | 1 THE WRITER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 | | | | | 2 THE LIVING ROOM STAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 | | | | | 3 THE CLOSED READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 26 | | | | | 4 THE OPEN READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 40 | | | | | 5 ACTORS AND READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 | | | | | 6 AUDIENCE RESPONSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 77 | | | | | 7 AGENTS, MONEY, UNIONS, AND CONTRACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 90 | | | | | 8 PREPRODUCTION: DIRECTORS AND DESIGNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 106 | | | | | 9 CASTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 126 | | | | | 10 THE REHEARSAL PROCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 148 | | | | | 11 ANXIETY ALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 170 | | | | | 12 WHEN A SHOW MOVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 191 | | | | | 13 SURVIVAL TACTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 201 | | | | | INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 209 |
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