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Form and Structure 'After the Dance' is a typical 'well-made play'. Well-made plays were written around the same time as 'After the Dance' and were not unlike the nature of this, Terrence Rattigan's 'lost play'. Well-made plays are, as the title of them suggests, well-made and constructed carefully. A well-made play has elements of suspense, intrigue, difficulty and crisis. In most well-made plays, including 'After the Dance', at the end of every act the curtain drops, usually signifying the end of a crucial moment. Also part of a well-made play is a secret, which becomes apparent to the audience and then to the main characters. In 'After the Dance' the secret that is revealed comes into the second Act and is the shocking truth between Helen and David and their newly found relationship. Well-made plays begin with Exposition, usually through questions and answers between characters about the events immediately preceding...

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