Monday, June 22, 2015

Playwriting (10) Metaphors in theatre



The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Miller did a fine job of identifying the best metaphor and sustaining it, such as the Salem witch hunts for McCarthyism and communism.

The Mountaintop, by Katori Hall.

Also, a giant hamster that, since birth, is doubling its weight every week vis-à-vis the irrational belief that economic growth is never ending (rf. my talk five years ago ▪ Spirits Up, in Down Times).

 
Over the next few weeks, I capture episodes of the National Theatre: Playwriting series. These are instrumental lessons, as I work at my play "The Room." The above are my notes.
 

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