Direction
Readings in Theatre Practice
1st Edition
Published on 17. December 2012
248 pages
978-1-350-31647-8 (ISBN)
Description
Is directing an art? Do directors need to be trained? What do directors actually do? These questions and more are answered in this accessibly written survey of the art of theatre direction. Its broad scope ranges across the theatres of both America and Europe, looking at practices from Stanislavski up to the present day.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-31647-8 (9781350316478)
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12/2012
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Persons
SIMON SHEPHERD is Professor of Theatre and Deputy Principal (Academic) at the Central School of Speech and Drama, UK. He has published on the cultural history of, and concepts about, theatre and its practices since 1981. His works include The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre (2010), Performance Research 14.2 'On Training' (2009), Theatre, Body and Pleasure (2006) and Drama/Theatre/Performance (with Mick Wallis) (2004).
Content
Preface: This Book and the Others
PART I: FINDING A NAME FOR IT
PART II: BEING A DIRECTOR
What is it Directors Do?
Methods of Direction
PART III: INTERVIEW WITH RALF RICHARDT STROBECH
PART IV: HISTORIES
The Beginning of Directors, and their Possible End: A Brief History
The Pre-history of Directing
Christophe Alix: A Brief History of the Publicly-funded Director in France
How Shakespeare Shaped Directing
PART V: DIRECTORS AS AUTHORS
Authoring Authority
James Reynolds: Robert Lepage and Authorial Process
PART VI: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL GRANDAGE
PART VII: THE ART OF ORGANISATION
References
Index
Bibliography.
PART I: FINDING A NAME FOR IT
PART II: BEING A DIRECTOR
What is it Directors Do?
Methods of Direction
PART III: INTERVIEW WITH RALF RICHARDT STROBECH
PART IV: HISTORIES
The Beginning of Directors, and their Possible End: A Brief History
The Pre-history of Directing
Christophe Alix: A Brief History of the Publicly-funded Director in France
How Shakespeare Shaped Directing
PART V: DIRECTORS AS AUTHORS
Authoring Authority
James Reynolds: Robert Lepage and Authorial Process
PART VI: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL GRANDAGE
PART VII: THE ART OF ORGANISATION
References
Index
Bibliography.
