The Architecture of Drama: Plot, Character, Theme, Genre and Style

The Architecture of Drama outlines a basic framework for how drama functions both onstage and in film. The authors, David Letwin, Joe Stockdale, and Robin Stockdale, define architecture in the prologue as "any created form," and assert that their use of the word implies "that drama has method and that there is a design to its creation" (xiii, emphasis in original). The writers intend their text for both professors and practitioners. While the book offers little that may be considered groundbreaking for script analysis, the authors...