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The drama of creation : writers on writing / executive producer, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Chris Scherer ; executive producer, The William Inge Center for the Arts, Peter Ellenstein ; writer/director, Mike Wood.
LIBRA DVD 003 467
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authorship.
- Dramatists.
- Librettists.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English soundtrack with on-demand English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Famous authors discuss creative strategies that lead to emotionally charged stories and dramatic narratives. "How can a handful of words, scribbled on a napkin or a train schedule, grow into a timeless play? How does a storyteller create characters with lives and intentions of their own? Is writing a miraculous act, impossible to explain or describe, or is it 90 percent perspiration? In this program, a chorus of famous authors discuss creative strategies that lead to emotionally charged stories and dramatic narratives. The video weaves together rarely seen interviews featuring nuts-and-bolts commentary from Neil Simon, August Wilson, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Peter Shaffer, Tina Howe and other artists whose work profoundly moves readers and audiences."--Container.
- Participant:
- Host: Peter Ellenstein.
- Credits:
- Principal videographer, Lonny Quattlebaum; interviews by Mike Wood, Jill Warford; editor, Steve Worley.
- Notes:
- Special feature: career summaries of the authors.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 64224289
- Publisher Number:
- 34866 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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