TY - BOOK AU - Ball,David TI - Backwards and forwards: a technical manual for reading plays SN - 9780809311101 PY - 1983/// CY - Carbondale PB - Southern Illinois University Press KW - Technique KW - Drama KW - Theater KW - Production and Direction KW - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 KW - Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet KW - Drama, Study and Teaching KW - Techniqueshakespeare, William , 1564-1616 N2 - Using Hamlet as illustration, the author provides the tools for students and practitioners to use as they investigate plot, character, theme, exposition, imagery, motivation/obstacle/conflict, theatricality, and the other crucial parts of the superstructure of a play ER -