How to Write a Play
Are you writing your first play...
I love plays. A condensed story, conflict, and great writing.
Both watching and reading plays is vital for actors. If you’re an actor you need to engaging with great writing on daily basis. Buy, or rent, a stack of them and get stuck in.
What play should I read?
If you want to know where to get started this is an amazing resource. We made a number of “best of” lists. Kind of like Greatest Hits albums, they are a bit lame, but the best way to learn more about playwrights.
Here is where we list all of the plays on StageMilk. If you want to find information on a specific playwright’s work this is the place to come. We will be constantly expanding this section and adding more information to our large database of plays. Listed here is everything from Shakespeare to Miller.
Are you writing your first play...
Why you need to be reading more plays...
7 Irish plays you have to read. ...
Our take on the best french plays...
A look at Tom Stoppard's intelligent play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. ...
A look at Christopher Marlowe's classic play, Doctor Faustus. An in depth look at the play where one man pays the highest price for knowledge. ...
A detailed look at Noel Coward's Private Lives. This page of includes a play synopsis and character list for Private Lives. ...
Harold Pinter's The Homecoming is a fantastic British play. Harold Pinter is a very unique playwright and The Homecoming is arguably his best work. ...
A thrilling domestic masterpiece, Look Back in Anger. Written by John Osborne, this is one of my favourite plays of all time. ...
Information on Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw. This is one of the great British plays, and a must read for any actor. ...