Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (533 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626549605 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 482 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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. From the Back Cover Less than 200 years ago the director was only an "ideal" projected by disgruntled critics. Topics include: the emergence of the director; behind the fourth wall; the art of rehearsal; light and space; and much more. This book has been known for years as the guide to the "unknown theater" of the director. This collection is comprised of the voices of the modern theater as they state their credos and explore their craft. Today, productions wouldn't be able to survive with our the adept talents of the director. Directors and avid theater-buffs
Now that directors such as Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola are celebrated along-side movie stars, it is hard to imagine that little more than a century ago the director was a nameless, faceless entity-an overseer of workflow in the shuffle of shadows offstage.In surveying the pioneers who transformed theater into the dynamic art form it is today, Directors on Directing presents a timeless collection of writings offering insight into what it means to direct and how to better appreciate theatrical performances.
How Directors got that way. This Cole and Chinoy twin to Actors on Acting ought to be in every theater enthusiast library. Directors on Directing chronicles how the modern director's power emerged. This book provides the basis for an intelligent discussion on how the modern playhouse lost it's interest in entertainment and its audience at the same time.. Michelle L. Chandler said Four Stars. The book was for my son's class. I am going to assume that he is enjoying it!!!. Essential reading for a theatre generation in toxicated by its own flatulence This is one of only a handful of books from my graduate training that survived the great purge last summer.