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  1. WE ARE ALL PLAYWRIGHTS
  2. THE PLAYWRIGHT'S CAREER
  3. LITERARY AND NONLITERARY ASPECTS OF PLAYWRITING
  4. PLAYWRITING AS EVENT WRITING
  5. THE QUALITIES OF A FINE PLAY
    1. Credibility and Intrigue
    2. Speakability, Stageability, and Flow
    3. Richness
    4. Depth of Characterization
    5. Gravity and Pertinence
    6. Compression, Economy, and Intensity
    7. Celebration
  6. THE PLAYWRIGHT'S PROCESS
    1. Dialogue
    2. Conflict
    3. Structure
  7. THE PLAYWRIGHT'S REWARDS
  8. Contemporary American Playwrights
    1. Arthur Miller
    2. Neil Simon
    3. Edward Albee
    4. Lanford Wilson
    5. John Guare
    6. Terrence McNally
    7. Sam Shepard
    8. August Wilson
    9. David Mamet
    10. Wendy Wasserstein
    11. Paula Vogel
    12. Beth Henley
    13. George C. Wolfe
    14. Tony Kushner
    15. David Henry Hwang
    16. Margaret Edson
    17. Suzan-Lori Parks





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