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the best *play* you've ever read

I've been told from fellow screenwriters that some of the best ways to develop a good sense of writing dialogue realistically is to read a lot of plays that are considered the best of all time.

Just out of curiosity, what are some of the most influential plays you guys have read that have improved your writing?
 
to be frank, english language doen't have got much impressive work .
few to name to be good or better.one among them is shakesphere.

Try to get out of that boundary , and try to seek literature work out of english domain.

There are fundamentalist region on planet .but again the work of people from these region are not bounded by fundamentalist idea.
they are rather open minded and revolutionising.

Shakesphere personality is made lonely in western world ,by the kind of work he has achieved.
he recieved no company from any one in western world.still now , he remains alone.
even bieng brought up in non-brhminclass civilization and tribal people language like that,
he emerged out to become a personality find respect among outside the region .


in terms of other part of planet ,he really had company even before he was born and after his demice .
for western world he is the one.but, for others part of the world he is one among their great visionary personality in writing.

His plays are not read in english in developed language , rahter they are translated to these developed language. it's difficult for western students to grasp the modern thinking in matured way.
they do it robotic way rahter than brahmin class way.

may be japanese and chinese stories and play might help you in great way .

i saw one of the japanese play /show osheen (if i right) , story of a girl during world war , who looses her lovely family members. becomes younger love , married , family again.

Even tough , shakesphere lived in cave man civilization(non-brahmin class) , being writer he was exception to his identity origin.

THE IDENTITY OF AUSTRALIANS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THAT OF LOW CLASS SPECIES.
IT IS TRUE.
BUT,AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT, IT WAS THE SAME WAY THAT WHOLE ANGLICAN TRIBE EXISTED .
IF IN FUTURE , SHAKESPHERE LIKE PERSONALITY EMERGED FROM LOW CLASS IDENTITY OF AUSTRALIA BY BECOMING EXCEPTIONAL : DON'T BE SURPRISED. JUST BOW DOWN TO HER/HIM.
hE WILL BE IDENTITY OF BRAHMIN CLASS RAHTER THAN PATHETIC AUSTRALIAN CRAP IDENTITY.

It's the same case with most of the writers around the world .
they are different from their class of their civilization.

and again, ANGLICAN CIVILIZATION ????
The perception of world civilization is different such that , anglican identity can't be tagged into civilization.
may be , modern day civilization of europeAn world , where german intellect speaks in english with french intellect. that's the identity of civilization.

ANGLICAN TRIBE.
ANGLICAN TRIBAL PEOPLE.
ANGLICAN TRIBAL CULTURE.

that's how brahmin class dictionary quotes.

ANGLICAN TRIBAL CLASS LANGUAGE????

STOP !!!

IT'S ENGLISH ,INTELLECT CLASS USES IT.
and ofcourse , some people misunderstanding themself to be part of brahmin class ,claims to be part ethnic of that par !! JUST BECAUSE THEIR MOTHER TONGUE IS ENGLISH !!! OR THEIR NATION'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH !!!!

FOR GET ABOUT BRAHMIN CLASS OF ANGLICAN INVITING PEOPLE LIKE THESE TO PARTIES,
THESE KIND OF PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE GARBAGE , AFTER PARTY.
BECAUSE , BRAHMIN CLASS ASSUMES , THESE KIND OD LOW CLASS SPECIES MIGHT MALIGN THE GARBAGE MORE BY HTEIR TOUCH!!!

THE BRAHMIN CLASS EXPECTS INTELLECT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO COME AND MAKE THEIR LANGUAGE DEVELOP.
IT'S ALWAYS RED CARPET FOR THERSE PERSONALITIES.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS THESE ASPECTS THAT SHOULD MAKE SOCIETY DETERMINED AS "CIVILIZATION"

SHAKESPHERE ISN'T ENGLISH,
NEWTON ISN'T EUROPEAN,
EINSTEIN ISN'T JUST PART OF SUBJECT PHYSICS.
(FUNNY THING: Einstein work in physics department. his work get notified in math department more.
i.e., CALCULUS !!He din't invented it. he just decorated it perfectly.
AGain , his work on physics about relativity (nothinh inveted, just perfected) states finiteness is practicle.
know what his math work in calculus say on infiniteness??.))

Contribution the worlD of litrature by english is not big.
but, impressive in what ever way it has happened.

contribution to the world of ENGLISH LITRATURE IS NILL FROM CANADA.

contribution to the world of ENGLISH LITRATURE IS NILL FROM U.S.
contribution to the world of ENGLISH LITRATURE IS NILL FROM AUSTRALIA.
contribution to the world of ENGLISH LITRATURE IS NILL FROM NEWZEALAND.
contribution to the world of ENGLISH LITRATURE IS NILL FROM NON ENLISH SPEAKING UK MEMBER NATION.

Do you just copy and paste random stuff from the internet?

From previous posts of yours I've been shocked that you can believe you're such a good scriptwriter when it's obvious that you don't even know what a script is. I'm even more shocked now that in addition to being ignorant and deluded you appear to be a racist!

I think we're getting near to the point where you need to be banned from this community!

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Code:
INT. COLLEGE CLASSROOM - DAY

Adjunct Professor TEAPOT, faded academic, lounges at the desk
with a breakfast club of students before him.

EARNEST, who is, raises his hand. Teapot looks at him "seriously?" 
then nods.

			EARNEST
		Professor Teapot, I heard on 
		the internet that Abraham Lincoln
		distrusted social media because
		Twitter drove his wife mad.


KK, quite cra-cra, scoffs.

			KK
		Mary Todd ate fermented bird
		seed and that's when she started
		communing with the little
		birds that told her "once you
		go black you never go--

			TEAPOT
		THAT's quite enough, mister K.

			
ALBERT, who couldn't see the forest for the trees, interjects 
to KK.

			ALBERT
		There is no documentation
		that Mary Todd ingested fermented
		bird seed leading to her
		supposed bipolar disorder.

PETE, posse wingman, redirects Albert's attention 180 degrees.

			PETE
		I thought MT was depressed.

PEYTON, gasoline girl for nerds, redirects Albert and Pete's attention
180 degrees more.

			PEYTON
		Who's "EM TEE?"

			KK
		My colon's empty.

		  ALBERT and PETE
		Mary Todd.

			PEYTON
		Oh. I thought she was...
		you know...

			PETE
		Crazy.

			TEAPOT
		Troubled. Look, do any of you 
		realize there was no social 
		media or Twitter in the age of
		Lincoln?

			KK
		But isn't it true that "once
		you go black you never go--

			TEAPOT
		MISTER K! Please stop--

			PEYTON
		Nah. That's not true. As
		long as AJ's face is green
		I don't care what color 
		anything else is.

All stare agape at her.

			PEYTON
		What? AJ. Andrew Jackson.
		A twenty dollar bill.
		I thought that was a game 
		ya'll was playin'.

What was the original question?


:lol:
 
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Trying desperately to get this back on track...

But I agree with you that a screenwriter shouldn't cut themselves off from excellent writing.
Good to hear. Good dialogue is good dialogue. The finished product, be it a
play a novel or a screenplay, needs good dialogue. A writer of any medium
should read. the suggestion Jay Curtis Miller got to read plays is an excellent
one. I'm glad you're going to take that advice. I suggest starting the Mamet
- he has succeeded in both. As has Sam Shepard - he has written plays,
TV and screenplays. David Rabe adapted his play "Streamers" to a screenplay
- read both.
 
As has Sam Shepard - he has written plays,
TV and screenplays. David Rabe adapted his play "Streamers" to a screenplay
- read both.

Sam Shepard is a f**king genius. I've read his stuff. It's fantastic material. The stuff I've read of his has a very blue collar American tone. Extremely authentic sounding material. Great advice!!
 
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