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Reading a play isn’t easy. The first time you read any script it can be jarring and really hard to follow the story; the truth is even theatre and film professionals struggle when reading the script to themselves—that’s why staged readings are so popular for new plays. What Stephen Unwin offers here is a clear-headed way of thinking about plays as we read them. This is an extremely useful book for anyone who reads drama for study, work, or pleasure. It is essential for theatre teachers at all levels. The chapters are laid out as a series of questions or provocations which help us put a play into context, understand its action, and think about it critically. The book lays out a broad, lateral approach to play reading, grounded in practicality without limiting individual interpretation. Since I read it, I have found myself going back to it regularly, as a resource for playwrights and plays to read, and their historical contexts.