CONTENTS
William Archer
BOOK I
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II
THE CHOICE OF A THEME
CHAPTER III
DRAMATIC AND UNDRAMATIC
CHAPTER IV
THE ROUTINE OF COMPOSITION
CHAPTER V
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
BOOK II
THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER VI
THE POINT OF ATTACK: SHAKESPEARE AND IBSEN
CHAPTER VII
EXPOSITION: ITS END AND ITS MEANS
CHAPTER VIII
THE FIRST ACT
CHAPTER IX
CURIOSITY" AND "INTEREST"
CHAPTER X
FORESHADOWING, NOT FORESTALLING
BOOK III
THE MIDDLE
CHAPTER XI
TENSION AND ITS SUSPENSION
CHAPTER XII
PREPARATION: THE FINGER-POST
CHAPTER XIII
THE OBLIGATORY SCENE
CHAPTER XIV
THE PERIPETY
CHAPTER XV
PROBABILITY, CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE
CHAPTER XVI
LOGIC
CHAPTER XVII
KEEPING A SECRET
BOOK IV
THE END
CHAPTER XVIII
CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX
CHAPTER XIX
CONVERSION
CHAPTER XX
BLIND-ALLEY THEMES--AND OTHERS
CHAPTER XXI
THE FULL CLOSE
BOOK V
EPILOGUE
CHAPTER XXII
CHARACTER AND PSYCHOLOGY
CHAPTER XXIII
DIALOGUE AND DETAILS
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