Make ‘Em Laugh, Make ‘Em Cry

MAKE ‘EM LAUGH, MAKE ‘EM CRY – an essay by Tim Ferguson [First printed in Lumina Magazine] The Imperatives of Writing Drama screenwriters must have a working knowledge of comedy before they can truly call themselves writers. This may seem an incendiary comment, but the two masks (known as ‘Sock & Buskin’) symbolising Western theatre…