Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern TheatreToby Cole, Helen Krich Chinoy Less than 200 years ago the director was only an "ideal" projected by disgruntled critics. Today, productions wouldn't be able to survive with our the adept talents of the director. 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. Topics include: the emergence of the director; behind the fourth wall; the art of rehearsal; light and space; and much more. Directors and avid theater-buffs. |
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Page 112
... super - objective , there can be no other . Suppose you play a certain scene . What is your objective ? I want to know what you are driving at . I say to the actor : " Start playing and proceed . " The first objective has been dissolved ...
... super - objective , there can be no other . Suppose you play a certain scene . What is your objective ? I want to know what you are driving at . I say to the actor : " Start playing and proceed . " The first objective has been dissolved ...
Page 113
... super - objective and every- thing only serves to bring you to it . LITOVTZEVA : Then the path is from the minor objective to the super - objective ? STANISLAVSKY : .. Every important objective commands your attention completely . You ...
... super - objective and every- thing only serves to bring you to it . LITOVTZEVA : Then the path is from the minor objective to the super - objective ? STANISLAVSKY : .. Every important objective commands your attention completely . You ...
Page 116
... super- objective and the through action . . . . ... SAKHNOVSKY : The director read the play as attentively as the actor . Then the director and the actor met and followed the organic line of action which you speak about . What next ? Do ...
... super- objective and the through action . . . . ... SAKHNOVSKY : The director read the play as attentively as the actor . Then the director and the actor met and followed the organic line of action which you speak about . What next ? Do ...
Contents
Helen Krich Chinoy | 3 |
George II Duke of SaxeMeiningen | 81 |
André Antoine | 89 |
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