To the student -- 1. Charley's aunt / by Brandon Thomas -- How to read a play -- 2. Trifles / by Susan Glaspell -- Plot -- 3. Driving Miss Daisy / by Alfred Uhry -- Characters -- 4. The devil and Daniel Webster / by Stephen Vincent Benét -- Setting, staging, and dialogue -- 5. A marriage proposal / by Anton Chekov, translated by Joachim Neugroschel -- Theme -- 6. Sorry, wrong number / by Lucille Fisher -- The radio play -- 7. The trouble with tribbles / by David Gerrold -- The teleplay -- Using the writing process -- A writing checklist -- glossary of literary terms.