{"product_id":"wondrous-strange-chris-mead-9781760627539","title":"Wondrous Strange","description":"WONDROUS STRANGE by dramaturg, director, and long-lime literary manager Chris Mead is a high-wire musing on what makes great plays. For anyone who is into theatre of any kind, read on ... From Aristotle's Poetics to Suzan-Lori Parks' 'bad math' to the neurochemistry of storytelling, WONDROUS STRANGE takes the reader on a satisfyingly meandering journey through seven 'thoughts' on theatrical storytelling. Combining autobiography, practice and theory, Chris Mead has written a wondrous book for anyone who has ever grappled with what it means to tell a story on stage, one that both comprehensively elucidates the key schools of dramaturgical thought while celebrating their disruption and transformation.'ANCHULI FELICIA KING Mead's wide-ranging, deeply researched and erudite book makes it clear that there are no simple formulas to follow if you want to write a great play. It takes talent and great perceptive power, but finally the process is so mysteriously complex as to make it 'wondrous strange'.'DAVID WILLIAMSON Chris Mead'theatre-geek extraordinaire'shines a magnifying glass on this wondrous and strange medium of ours with this deep exploration of theatre at a cellular level throughout the ages. More than a brain dump, this is a carefully considered and finely crafted love poem to theatre that practitioners and theatre lovers from all walks of life can dive into and swim around in.'ANDREA JAMES Chris Mead promises '- vertigo, whiplash, forking paths and some thin ice ahead: but there is also insight and wonder'. He delivers each element superbly. His seven thoughts are provocative, insightful, wondrous, yes, and at times I felt the ice crack beneath me. This is not a manual, a how-to book to write plays - I've been writing plays for a long lime and I learned heaps but most importantly, I was reminded of how marvellous a play can be: full of wonder and as strange as can be.'PATRICIA CORNELIUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Mead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760627534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760627539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.39w x 0.48d","brand":"Chris Mead","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437030125823,"sku":"9781760627539","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c8fe9f7-9c61-4844-85d7-124522c5918a.jpg?v=1777159387","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wondrous-strange-chris-mead-9781760627539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}