 | William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Oxford Shakespeare)
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £8.25 Drop quotes into conversation and appear intelligent.
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 | The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett by Samuel Beckett
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £7.99 Complete opposite of Shakespeare but equally challenging.
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 | Plays: "Ivanov", "The Seagull", "Uncle Vanya", "Three Sisters", "The Cherry Orchard" (Penguin Classics) by A.P. Chekhov
Buy new: £2.20 / Used from: £1.76 Plays where nothing happens and yet everything happens.
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 | Writing Dialogue for Scripts (Writing Handbooks) by Rib Davis
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £18.43 Helpful in crafting realistic dialogue.
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 | Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes (Novelists Essentials) by Raymond Obstfeld
Buy new: £3.67 / Used from: £7.91 Not just for novels. Useful in fleshing out scenes in screenplays.
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 | Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers by James Thomas
Buy new: £17.20 / Used from: £18.19 Hard going but makes you examing your own writing a lot more.
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 | Three Uses of the Knife (Diaries, Letters and Essays): On the Nature and Purpose of Drama (Diaries, Letters and Essays) by David Mamet
Buy new: £6.09 A bit steep in price considering it's length but a good read.
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 | Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field
Buy new: £4.06 / Used from: £5.99 A classic. There are lots of books like this, read until structure is what you bleed when cut.
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 | The Power of the Playwright's Vision: Blueprints for the Working Writer by Gordon Farrell
Buy new: £6.19 / Used from: £6.07 Even more dramatic structure. A bit hard-going.
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 | Sarah Kane: Complete Plays (Methuen Contemporary Dramatists) (Contemporary Dramatists) by Sarah Kane
Buy new: £7.06 / Used from: £6.97 This changes everything.
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 | Plays: "Duck Variations", "Sexual Perversity in Chicago", "Squirrels", "American Buffalo", "The Water Engine", "Mr.Happiness" Vol 1 (Methuen World Dramatists) by David Mamet
Buy new: £10.65 / Used from: £3.90 This is dialogue at its best.
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