Studies in Stagecraft: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Studies in Stagecraft, credited to Clayton Hamilton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Studies in Stagecraft by Clayton Hamilton. Read by LibriVox Volunteers A companion piece to Hamilton's earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume dealt with the criticism of dramatic art in general, this volume focuses more specifically on the contemporary drama of the era in which it was written. - Summary by Andrew Gaunce

Recording facts

• Recording title: Studies in Stagecraft
• Author credits: Clayton Hamilton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 6:54:17

Catalogue topics

• criticism
• theatre
• theatre criticism
• dramatic arts

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 00 - Preface — 1:49
2. 01 - The New Art of Making Plays — 11:38
3. 02 - The Pictorial Stage — 18:36
4. 03 - The Decorative Drama — 11:54
5. 04 - The Drama of Illusion — 11:24
6. 05 - The Modern Art of Stage-Direction — 30:24
7. 06 - A Plea for a New Type of Play — 29:35
8. 07 - The Period of Pragmatism — 13:41
9. 08 - The Undramatic Drama — 17:25
10. 09 - The Value of Stage Conventions — 10:55
11. 10 - The Supernatural Drama — 15:14
12. 11 - The Irish National Theatre — 34:01
13. 12 - The Personality of the Playwright — 10:54
14. 13 - Themes and Stories on the Stage — 12:05
15. 14 - Plausibility in Plays — 7:57
16. 15 - Infirmity of Purpose — 11:46
17. 16 - Where to Begin a Play — 9:51
18. 17 - Continuity of Structure — 6:08
19. 18 - Rhythm and Tempo — 9:51
20. 19 - The Plays of Yesteryear — 21:15
21. 20 - A New Defense of Melodrama — 24:33
22. 21 - The Art of the Moving Picture Play — 21:05
23. 22 - The One-Act Play in America — 24:32
24. 23 - Organizing an Audience — 24:49

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