Don Taylor

Directing Plays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Directing Plays explores both the theory and practice of directing plays, with particular emphasis on textual interpretation. Don Taylor guides the student through the complex process of choosing a play, the working partnership of director, playwright and designer, the delicate matter of casting a play, the rehearsal process and everything which needs to happen before the production is up and running.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 269g
• ISBN-13: 9780878300655
• ISBN-10: 0878300651
• Artikelnr.: 21861388

Autorenporträt

Don Taylor

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is a Director?: Directing without directors
Players and masquers
Sir William Davenant
Sheridan and Piner
Modernism, and the birth of the director
Directors today
Texts
Transformations
Plays without playwrights: auteur directors 2. Selecting Your Play: Concepts
Living playwrights 3. Preparation: Casting
Producers 4. Design and Designers: Theatre space
The design
Lighting and costume designers
Sound and music
Crossing imaginary bridges 5. The Rehearsal Process: Blocking
Break down and synthesis
Confidence
Run-throughs
Being difficult
Non-textual techniques
Rehearsing Shakespeare 6. Fit-Up to Opening: The fit-up The technical
The dress rehearsal
The opening 7. Conclusions.