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Author : Mary B. Robinson
Publisher : Smith & Kraus Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Acting
ISBN : 157525784X
"Directing Plays, Directing People is a vivid, engagiing [sic], personal journey through the process of making theater, written from a director's perspective"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Michael McCaffery
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003284788
This highly successful series has been revised and reprinted in new, exciting covers. The five titles work together to create all you need to know about how to present a production. Each expertly written book contains many creative ideas as well as essential information. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Joe Deer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136246708
This comprehensive guide, from the author of Acting in Musical Theatre, will equip aspiring directors with all of the skills that they will need in order to guide a production from beginning to end. From the very first conception and collaborations with crew and cast, through rehearsals and technical production all the way to the final performance, Joe Deer covers the full range. Deer’s accessible and compellingly practical approach uses proven, repeatable methods for addressing all aspects of a production. The focus at every stage is on working with others, using insights from experienced, successful directors to tackle common problems and devise solutions. Each section uses the same structure, to stimulate creative thinking: Timetables: detailed instructions on what to do and when, to provide a flexible organization template Prompts and Investigations: addressing conceptual questions about style, characterization and design Skills Workshops: Exercises and ‘how-to’ guides to essential skills Essential Forms and Formats: Including staging notation, script annotation and rehearsal checklists Case Studies: Well-known productions show how to apply each chapter’s ideas Directing in Musical Theatre not only provides all of the essential skills, but explains when and how to put them to use; how to think like a director.
Author : Don Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136789953
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : David Stevens
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781300888482
Theatre is an interpretive art based upon a director's emotional reaction to reading a play and imagining a production of that play. Before the audience experiences the production, the director must go through a process, part art and part craft, to create it. This book is intended to introduce undergraduate students with a solid theatre background to that process. Stevens includes chapters covering theatre and art, the interpretation of the script, composition and movement, working with actors, and matters of style. Each chapter contains exercises in order for students to consolidate what they have learned. The complete text of John Millington Synge's "Riders to the Sea" is included as an example and study text, and Stevens relates many examples from his own rich directing background. Twenty production photos, two sample floor plans, and numerous diagrams round out the text. The study of directing is a life-long project, and in this book Stevens provides a basis for that study.
Author : Lenore DeKoven
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136068942
This approach, honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching at UCLA, NYU, and Columbia, and endorsed by many in the industry, including director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and producer/actor Edward Asner, aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft. There is material on constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; film vs. theater procedures as well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts and a complex task to their simplest form, the author explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior. The author's discussion of creative problems she has encountered or anticipated after years of experience, and her suggested solutions and exercises, are immediately useful. Additionally, hear what the actors have to say in excerpts from interviews with such acclaimed actors as Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Glenn Close, Robert Redford, Christopher Walken, Julianne Moore, and Michael Douglas (to name a few) who discuss their work with directors, what inspires them, and what they really want from the director.
Author : Samantha Lane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137340498
This book guides readers in taking a play from page to stage with young people. Advice from professional theatre directors, including Richard Eyre and Indu Rubasingham is combined with practical games and exercises to help both experienced and first-time directors create a play with young actors.
Author : Wilma Marcus Chandler
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
What are the practical and creative elements for becoming a director? How do you get started? What is the best way for actors, designers, and crew to work with directors? This guide provides regional theater companies and new directors with the knowledge and tools they need to produce successful shows. Drawing on years of experience directing and producing plays, Wilma Marcus Chandler covers such topics as: * How to read and analyze a script and really understand it * How to visualize your show * How to get started, researching and thinking about concept, music, lights, sound, costumes * How to hold auditions * How to talk to your case and crew--and how to listen * How to stage a play, using blocking, body movement, stage business, exits and entrances * How to prepare a production, including rehearsal techniques, time lines, budgets, royalties, publicity * How to prepare a career in directing
Author : Harold Clurman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997-04-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780684826226
Originally published: New York: Collier Books, 1972.
Author : Damon Kiely
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000738889
Play Directing: The Basics introduces theatre students to a step-by-step process for directing plays, including advice on devising. Beginning with a historical overview of directing, this book covers every aspect of the director’s job from first read to closing night. Practical advice on finding plays to produce, analysing scripts, collaborating with the design team, rehearsing with actors, devising company creations, and opening a show are peppered with advice from working professionals and academic directors. A practical workbook, short exercises, helpful websites, and suggested reading encourage readers towards a deeper study of the art of directing. This book empowers high school and early college students interested in theatre and directing to find their own voice, develop a practice, and refine their process.
Author : Alexander Dean,Lawrence Carra
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781478608493
This landmark work has influenced generations of stage directors and is considered the most influential treatment of the art of directing. Both theoretical and practical, Fundamentals of Play Directing offers content and information on the major technical and visual issues of stage directing that beginning directors will find invaluable. Following introductory chapters, readers are introduced to the basicsplay analysis, basic technique for the actor, and the directors media. These chapters form an essential preparation for an in-depth examination of the five fundamentals of play directing that make up the core of the text: composition, picturization, movement, rhythm, and pantomimic dramatization.
Author : Frank Hauser,Russell Reich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Leadership
ISBN : 1937295028
Some years ago, Frank Hauser, then a retired freelance director, and writer Russell Reich, his former student, self-published Notes on Directing in hardcover. It was immediately acclaimed as "a gem-witty and full of insight;" "so sensible, so complete, and so right;" and "amazingly illuminating" by the likes of Judi Dench, Edward Albee, and Terry Teachout. Gathered over Frank Hauser's long career, and polished to a sharp edge by Russell Reich, the 130 "Notes" address a wide range of topics, from understanding the script and defining the director's role, to casting, how to handle a first read-through of a script, rules for rehearsal, how to talk to actors, how to get a laugh, and the key elements of staging. Filled with enduring good advice expressed in assertive, no-nonsense language, and supported with explanatory commentary, insightful quotes and examples, and six valuable appendices, this deceptively slim book has the impact of a privileged apprenticeship, providing deep insight into the hidden process of creating a live, shared experience. For the student or professional engaged in a directing or acting career, the executive or manager looking for inspiring new ideas on leadership, or the arts lover wanting insight into the creative process, this book will be an invaluable experience. This new edition includes an interview with the co-author.
Author : Francis Hodge,Michael McLain
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317351023
Play Directing describes the various roles a director plays, from selection and analysis of the play, to working with actors and designers to bring the production to life.
Author : Avra Sidiropoulou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351839280
Directions for Directing: Theatre and Method lays out contemporary concepts of directing practice and examines specific techniques of approaching scripts, actors, and the stage. Addressed to both young and experienced directors but also to the broader community of theatre practitioners, scholars, and dedicated theatre goers, the book sheds light on the director’s multiplicity of roles throughout the life of a play – from the moment of its conception to opening night – and explores the director’s processes of inspiration, interpretation, communication, and leadership. From organizing auditions and making casting choices to decoding complex dramaturgical texts and motivating actors, Directions for Directing offers practical advice and features detailed workbook sections on how to navigate such a fascinating discipline. A companion website explores the work of international practitioners of different backgrounds who operate within various institutions, companies, and budgets, providing readers with a wide range of perspectives and methodologies.
Author : Terry McCabe
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781461699415
Terry McCabe, himself an accomplished stage director and teacher of theatre arts, here attacks what he calls the growing decadence that plagues contemporary stage directing. He argues for a radical reorganization of the director’s view of his role. It has become an article of faith in the theatre, Mr. McCabe observes, that a play is about what the director chooses to have it be about. But what right does a director have to treat a play as a found object, to be reshaped to express the director’s concerns? None whatsoever, Mr. McCabe replies. He examines anecdotally a range of work by different directors by way of offering a substantial critique of today’s leading theory of stage directing, and he offers an alternate approach. He challenges the notion that a play is the director’s vehicle for self-expression, arguing that the idea of the director as centerpiece of the theatre tends to distort plays and oppress actors. He explores what it means to direct a play when directing is properly understood as a process of self-effacement. Mis-directing the Play examines the role of the director as collaborator with actors, designers, dramaturges, and playwrights. Throughout, the book’s focus is on shedding the counterproductive myth of the director as creative auteur and urging in its place a return to first principles: the idea of the director as the interpretive artist in charge of putting the playwright’s play onstage.
