How to Read a Play is an introductory guide to the art of translating the printed page of a play or screenplay into dramatic mental images; it has been a classic among actors, directors, and writers for the past twenty years. Now fully updated and revised, the book devotes a chapter exclusively to screenplays, noting the intrinsic differences between a screenplay and a playscript and thus bringing this invaluable classic up to date.
- ISBN10 0802130429
- ISBN13 9780802130426
- Publish Date 1 August 1985 (first published 30 June 1977)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 July 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English