TY - BOOK AU - Egri,Lajos AU - Egri,Lajos TI - The art of dramatic writing: its basis in the creative interpretation of human motives SN - 9780671213329 (pbk.) : U1 - 808.2 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York, London PB - Touchstone KW - Drama KW - Technique KW - Creative writing N1 - Originally published: as How to write a play. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942; Includes index N2 - In this work, Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life ER -