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PLAYWRITING:
A HANDBOOK
FOR WOULD-BE
DRAMATIC AUTHORS.
BY
A DRAMATIST.
IN the early pages of this work, the remark was made that it is absolutely necessary for a playwright to be personally acquainted with the stage. Many readers of this book, however, will find that "going on the stage" for them is an impossibility. For the guidance and assistance of those who are unacquainted with the world behind the footlights, and and wholly ignorant of "stage directions," their meaning and bearing in playwriting, this Appendix is intended. A careful study of the plans and sketches given will enable, it is hoped, all authors to make the stage directions of their plots at least intelligible to the professional mind.
The first plate gives a ground plan of the stage, and its entrances as ordinarily arranged.
The second plate gives a perspective view of an imaginary exterior scene.
The third plate gives a ground plan of the second.
The fourth plate gives a perspective view of an imaginary interior scene.
The fifth plate gives a ground plan of the fourth.