"Steve Waters' book is like his plays: clear, elegant and stimulating throughout"-- David Edgar
"Essential for aspiring playwrights"--"Whatsonstage.com"
"Thrilling... crammed with good, old-fashioned close reading of a diverse range of plays, which means that although Waters does primarily address those who write for the theatre, he does not forget those who like watching and reading it"--"TLS"
"Waters analyses what makes plays work on stage, discussing - brilliantly - Hamlet and Woyzeck as examples of structure and characterisation, thereby opening new understandings of drama for everyone"--
Christopher Innes, "THES"
