Writing in Coffee Shops - by Ryan Craig (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"What makes someone a playwright? How do their identities and ideas interweave and co-exist? What permanent truths can we discern from examining existing texts? How can we write theatre that encapsulates the contemporary moment? How do we develop an idea from the embryonic impulse to a full and robust piece of theatre? In this fresh, lively and often very funny book, playwright Ryan Craig makes a case for the vitality of playwriting in our contemporary world and offers a way into writing those plays. From the very first moment of the process, as you sit in a coffee shop, staring at your 'laptop yawning open like some big, gormless mouth, the screen a flickering blank', to seeing your play staged and reviewed, the author takes you through the complete journey. Drawing on his own experience of writing for theatres such as the National, Hampstead and Tricycle and Menier Chocolate Factory, TV drama scripts for BBC, ITV and Channel Four, radio plays and adaptation, as well as commercial theatre, the author explores what practical tools the dramatist can use to write plays that build bridges between us. Full of practical advice for the aspiring - and practising - playwright, this book is also an important call-to-arms for playwrights everywhere, arguing for its necessity in the context of an increasingly fractured, distracted, disconnected world"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>What makes someone a playwright?</i><br/><i><br/></i><i>How do their identities and ideas interweave and co-exist?</i><br/><i><br/></i><i>What permanent truths can we discern from examining existing texts?</i><br/><i><br/></i><i>How can we write theatre that encapsulates the contemporary moment?</i><br/><i><br/></i><i>How do we develop an idea from the embryonic impulse to a full and robust piece of theatre? <br/><br/></i>In this fresh, lively and often very funny book, playwright Ryan Craig makes a case for the vitality of playwriting in our contemporary world and offers a way into writing those plays.<br/><br/>From the very first moment of the process, as you sit in a coffee shop, staring at your 'laptop yawning open like some big, gormless mouth, the screen a flickering blank', to seeing your play staged and reviewed, the author takes you through the complete journey. <br/><br/>Drawing on his own experience of writing for theatres such as the National, Hampstead and Tricycle and Menier Chocolate Factory, TV drama scripts for BBC, ITV and Channel Four, radio plays and adaptation, as well as commercial theatre, the author explores what practical tools the dramatist can use to write plays that build bridges between us. <br/><br/>Full of practical advice for the aspiring - and practising - playwright, this book is also an important call-to-arms for playwrights everywhere, arguing for its necessity in the context of an increasingly fractured, distracted, disconnected world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Writing in Coffee Shops</i>is seismic, political and deeply personal. Fascinating about family, class, race and the strange process of writing itself; it's a beautiful, passionate and needed book.<br/>Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Playwright, UK<br><br>This is an often hilarious memoir, an insightful playwriting handbook and a rousing call-to-arms in the face of our dark and tumultuous times. Anyone in the theatre-anyone in general-will find delight and wisdom in its pages.<br/>JT Rogers, Playwright, USA<br><br>This perfectly demystifies the inexplicable art of playwriting. Candid and immediate, a vital companion to playwrights and theatre makers.<br/>Edward Hall, director<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ryan Craig</b> is a British playwright, screen, television and radio writer whose plays usually involve both ethical and social matters. He is best known for his plays <i>What We Did To Weinstein</i> (Menier Chocolate Factory, London, 2005) which earned him a Most Promising Playwright Nomination at the Evening Standard Awards; <i>The Glass Room</i> (Hampstead Theatre, 2006), which deals with Holocaust denial; the English version of Tadeusz Slobodzianek's <i>Our Class </i>(2009), <i>The Holy Rosenbergs</i> (2011), both at the National Theatre and the semi-autobiographical<i> Filthy Business</i> (2017, Hampstead Theatre, London).
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