The author of this book, the legendary playwright, teacher Lajos Egri, is sure that you don’t have to be a genius to write an exciting play for a theatrical production. What is needed for this? First of all, find an idea - a plan on which the work will be built. He also talks about what role characters actually play and why they at some point begin to “write their own script,” where to get inspiration, whether a writer should rely entirely on intuition, and what rules should never be ignored. Book “Art” Drama" will be of interest to those who want to try themselves as a playwright, both professional and novice authors. Egri analyzes how masterpieces are created, the difference between a mediocre play and a worthwhile production, the essence of the difficult work of writing, and the extraordinary effort behind the creation of each literary work. The principles proposed by the author are so effective that they are equally applicable to short stories, novels and film scripts.