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Playwriting

THE

STRUCTURE

ACTION

Revised and Expanded Edition

Sam Smiley

with Norman A. Bert

Yale University Press

New Haven and London

First published in 1971 by Prentice Hall.

This revised and expanded paperback edition

published in the United States by

Yale University Press in 2005.

This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part,

including illustrations, in any form (beyond that

copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S.

press), without written permission from the publishers.

Sabon by Duke & Company, Devon, Pennsylvania.

Printed in the United States of America.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smiley, Sam, 1931–

Playwriting : the structure of action / Sam Smiley with

Norman A. Bert—Rev. and expanded ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-300-10724-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Playwriting. I. Bert, Norman A. II. Title.

PN1661.S65 2005

808.2—dc22

2005013230

A catalogue record for this book is available

from the British Library.

The paper in this book meets the guidelines for

permanence and durability of the Committee on

Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the

Council on Library Resources.

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