"How Plays Tell Stories: Studying Drama as Literature" has been especially written for Language A1 students of the International Baccalaureate. - A practical guide to all aspects of the study of plays as literature, it emphasizes how plays are written for performance; - Refers to a wide-range of examples from many different periods and different cultures; - Includes specially devised writing exercises designed to help students see drama from the dramatist's point of view; - Relates the study of drama to the IB Theory of Knowledge course; - Includes a comprehensive glossary of drama-related terms.