Description: "An earlier edition of this work was published by Simon & Schuster in 1942 as How to write a play"--T.p. verso.
Brief description: Lajos Egri (1888-1967) was born in Hungary and founded the Egri School of Writing in New York City in the 1930s. In addition to writing books, he spent his life writing and directing plays in both the United States and Europe, as well as writing screenplays for the film industry.
Review Quotes: Moss Hart I found Lajos Egri's book enormously interesting -- one of the best I have ever read.