Dramatic Technique (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A superb study of drama by a highly esteemed theatre scholar, Dramatic Technique looks at the principles of a well-made play and explores technique in drama, action and emotion in drama, dialogue, subject and plot, and making a scenario, among other elements using an almost scientific method. 

George Pierce Baker (1866–1935) was a highly respected theatre scholar. He founded the celebrated "47 Workshop,” a class on playwriting techniques and a laboratory for experimental plays. He taught at Harvard and Yale, and wrote several books, including The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist and Modern American Plays.