Kenneth Thorpe Rowe
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Professor Kenneth Thorpe Rowe was a notable English Literature lecturer and teacher at the University of Michigan. Among his students were Arthur Miller, Betty Smith, Lawrence Kasdan and Robert McKee.
It is said that Professor Rowe helped Arthur Miller in making his first steps in Broadway, by connecting Miller with people Rowe knew personally in the show-business industry.
[edit] Published Books
In 1939, Rowe published the book 'Write That Play ', in which he dealt with several fundamental topics that relate to the writing process of a stage play, including:
- What A Play Is
- Finding Dramatic Material
- Building The Play
- Analysis of a Great Play: More about One-Act Plays
- Characterization
- Dialogue
- Analysis Of A Long Play
- Before And After The First Draft, Scenarios And Revisions
- Variety
- Historical Conventions
- Functions And Values.
Regardless of the book's publication time, the troubles in writing a stage play remain the same even in the 21st century. The book was re-published in the United States in 1944, and then again in 1968.
In 1967, Rowe's second book 'A Theater In Your Head ' was first published in hardcover.
[edit] External links
- The University of Michigan RECORD Online - Arthur Miller's life summary
- The Michigan Daily Online - "It's Miller Time"
- Biography of Betty Smith (a student of Rowe)
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