PLAY WRITING
Sat, 4 May 2002, 12:03 pmKen Blowers14 posts in thread
PLAY WRITING
Sat, 4 May 2002, 12:03 pmThere are three parts to any theatrical experience: the audience waiting to be entertained; the actors ready to entertain; and the writers who provide the entertaining material that bring the first two together! This website needs a corner for home-grown writers, where they can be nutured and encouraged to write the plays you want to see.
A place where companies and producers can say: 'I'm looking for a play that would suit young people 15 to 20, older people 50 plus, or middle of the road; one act, or two or more; and goes for 25 minutes, fifty minutes, or more.
A place where writers can say: I write one-act plays with absolute minimum props, suitable for small amateur companies - general drama, comedy, and crime.
A place where publishers can trawl for new material to publish.
A place where companies can find plays to read.
What do you think, dear reader?
A place where companies and producers can say: 'I'm looking for a play that would suit young people 15 to 20, older people 50 plus, or middle of the road; one act, or two or more; and goes for 25 minutes, fifty minutes, or more.
A place where writers can say: I write one-act plays with absolute minimum props, suitable for small amateur companies - general drama, comedy, and crime.
A place where publishers can trawl for new material to publish.
A place where companies can find plays to read.
What do you think, dear reader?
Re: PLAY WRITING
Sat, 4 May 2002, 12:26 pmKen Blowers wrote:
> This website
> needs a corner for home-grown writers, where they can be
> nutured and encouraged to write the plays you want to see.
I couldn't agree more, Ken.
There are plenty of great sites for playwrights around the world, but i'm yet to come across one that performs quite the same role of bringing the collaborative forces together in fruitful dialogue that this site does.
In my experience, Australian playwriting sites are particularly light on the ground and often hidden away in little backwaters of the web where they receive relatively little exposure and traffic.
> A place where companies and producers can say: 'I'm looking
> for a play that would suit young people 15 to 20, older
> people 50 plus, or middle of the road; one act, or two or
> more; and goes for 25 minutes, fifty minutes, or more.
That sounds like these message boards. But could be something a bit more like the old library page on this site:
http://www.theatre.asn.au/library.php3
I ran into a couple of problems migrating this page to the new format and the search tools could be vastly improved! But it does allow some searching of plays along the types of lines you're talking of.
> A place where writers can say: I write one-act plays with
> absolute minimum props, suitable for small amateur companies
> - general drama, comedy, and crime.
Once again, this could be these message boards - and they have been used by playwrights for these purposes in the past. Ideally though, i guess you'd be looking for a register of plays with synopses searchable as outlined above that would allow playwrights to make submissions. What else?
> A place where publishers can trawl for new material to publish.
:-)
A nice thought!
> A place where companies can find plays to read.
Allow playwrights to upload a copy of the play if they wish?
> What do you think, dear reader?
Some great ideas. Care to expand on any of the suggestions above?
Cheers
Grant
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> This website
> needs a corner for home-grown writers, where they can be
> nutured and encouraged to write the plays you want to see.
I couldn't agree more, Ken.
There are plenty of great sites for playwrights around the world, but i'm yet to come across one that performs quite the same role of bringing the collaborative forces together in fruitful dialogue that this site does.
In my experience, Australian playwriting sites are particularly light on the ground and often hidden away in little backwaters of the web where they receive relatively little exposure and traffic.
> A place where companies and producers can say: 'I'm looking
> for a play that would suit young people 15 to 20, older
> people 50 plus, or middle of the road; one act, or two or
> more; and goes for 25 minutes, fifty minutes, or more.
That sounds like these message boards. But could be something a bit more like the old library page on this site:
http://www.theatre.asn.au/library.php3
I ran into a couple of problems migrating this page to the new format and the search tools could be vastly improved! But it does allow some searching of plays along the types of lines you're talking of.
> A place where writers can say: I write one-act plays with
> absolute minimum props, suitable for small amateur companies
> - general drama, comedy, and crime.
Once again, this could be these message boards - and they have been used by playwrights for these purposes in the past. Ideally though, i guess you'd be looking for a register of plays with synopses searchable as outlined above that would allow playwrights to make submissions. What else?
> A place where publishers can trawl for new material to publish.
:-)
A nice thought!
> A place where companies can find plays to read.
Allow playwrights to upload a copy of the play if they wish?
> What do you think, dear reader?
Some great ideas. Care to expand on any of the suggestions above?
Cheers
Grant
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