PLAYS FOR THREE - Eric Lane and Nina Shengold, editors
Any good theatre student could tell you that three is an ideal minimum number of actors to have on stage at a time because it offers the best opportunity for stage 'pictures.' Three characters also provides more conflict possibilities between characters while keeping the number of actors (often seen in terms of cost - especially for union houses) down. This book is ideal, then, for a number of different reasons. I enjoy reading plays simply for enjoyment (for those who haven't read many plays, it's very different experience and even those who read a lot of novels or short stories often find it difficult) but as someone who has worked in theatre for many years and who has directed at high school, college, and community theatre levels, I was often reading plays and thinking of their possibilities on a stage. One of the aspects I really like about a collection like this is simply the access to a diverse range of plays. For those of us who do like reading scripts but don