For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.
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About Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard was a 20th-century American playwright and actor. Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, author and musician whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony