Geo. P. Baker
CONTENTS
| I. | Technique in Drama: What it is. The Drama as an Independent Art | [1] |
| II. | The Essentials of Drama: Action and Emotion | [16] |
| III. | From Subject to Plot. Clearing the Way | [47] |
| IV. | From Subject through Story to Plot. Clearness through Wise Selection | [73] |
| V. | From Subject to Plot: Proportioning the Material: Number and Length of Acts | [117] |
| VI. | From Subject to Plot: Arrangement for Clearness, Emphasis, Movement | [154] |
| VII. | Characterization | [234] |
| VIII. | Dialogue | [309] |
| IX. | Making a Scenario | [420] |
| X. | The Dramatist and his Public | [509] |
| Index | [523] |
DRAMATIC TECHNIQUE
CHAPTER I
TECHNIQUE IN DRAMA: WHAT IT IS. THE DRAMA AS AN INDEPENDENT ART
This book treats drama which has been tested before the public or which was written to be so tested. It does not concern itself with plays, past or present, intended primarily to be read—closet drama. It does not deal with theories of what the drama, present or future, might or should be. It aims to show what successful drama has been in different countries, at different periods, as written by men of highly individual gifts.