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The theatre director is one of the most critical roles in a successful drama company, yet there are no formal qualifications required for entry into this profession. This practical guide for emerging theatre directors answers all the key questions from the very beginning of your career to key stages as you establish your credentials and get professionally recognized. It analyzes the director's role through relationships with the actors, author, designer, production manager and creative teams and provides vital advice for "on-the-job" situations where professional experience is invaluable. The book also provides an overview of the many approaches to acting methodology without focusing on any in particular to allow the director to develop their own unique methods of working with any actor's style. Each chapter includes these key features:
* Introduces important theories, identifies practitioners and provides key reading to provide an overview of historic and current practice. * Interviews with leading practitioners and emerging directors. * Suggested exercises to develop the director's own approach and practical skills.
[...] with plenty of practical exercises, useful advice and information alongside practitioner interviews. The Stage [...] the interviews in the book are extremely informative...This handbook will be useful for KS5 students and will certainly support exam units which focus on directing...Swain is to be congratulated for attempting to treat would-be directors with respect. -- Paul Willcocks Teaching Drama
| Acknowledgements | p. v |
| Introduction | p. vii |
| I'm a theatre director | p. 1 |
| Interview with Irving Wardle, critic: the history of the director | p. 9 |
| Interview with Walter Meierjohann, director: German theatre and directing | p. 25 |
| Interview with Clare Shucksmith, director and producer: directing and producing at the Edinburgh fringe | p. 31 |
| The director and the actor | p. 45 |
| Interview with Annie Tyson, actor and teacher of acting: actor training | p. 84 |
| Interview with Sarah Esdaile, director: creating your own directing approaches | p. 91 |
| The director and the author | p. 101 |
| Interview with Colin Teevan, playwright: working with directors | p. 129 |
| Interview with Simon Pittman, director: approaches to devising | p. 140 |
| The director and the designer | p. 151 |
| Interview with Alison Chitty, designer: design aesthetics | p. 172 |
| Interview with Vicki Mortimer, designer: design processes | p. 176 |
| Interview with Tony Simpson, lighting designer: the language of lighting | p. 183 |
| The director and the industry | p. 191 |
| Interview with Annette Mees, director and theatre-maker: starting and running a company | p. 217 |
| Interview with Elly Green, director and producer: directing and producing on the London fringe | p. 223 |
| Interview with Andrew McKinnon, director and producer: the creative producer | p. 231 |
| The director and the production | p. 243 |
| The director and directing | p. 276 |
| Interview with Gareth Machin, director: the work of the National Theatre Studio | p. 292 |
| Interview with Sue Emmas, director: the work of the Young Vic | p. 301 |
| Interview with Allison Troup-Jensen, director: the emerging director in the USA | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 321 |
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ISBN: 9781408127650
ISBN-10: 1408127652
Series: Backstage
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 3rd January 2012
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9
x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.272
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