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 159
... whole . And this is not good for the work . This is not the way a work of art is to be produced in the theater . PLAYGOER : But might it not be possible to find a great actor who would be so great an artist that as director he would ...
... whole . And this is not good for the work . This is not the way a work of art is to be produced in the theater . PLAYGOER : But might it not be possible to find a great actor who would be so great an artist that as director he would ...
Page 166
... whole is glued together again . This piecing together of the whole from its parts is called the art of the director , but I think the analytical work of the naturalist - director , this pasting together of the poet's , the actor's , the ...
... whole is glued together again . This piecing together of the whole from its parts is called the art of the director , but I think the analytical work of the naturalist - director , this pasting together of the poet's , the actor's , the ...
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... whole affair will collapse in apparent and most disappointing back - slidings for at least a week as far as the long parts are concerned , because in the first agony of trying to remember the words everything else will be lost . You ...
... whole affair will collapse in apparent and most disappointing back - slidings for at least a week as far as the long parts are concerned , because in the first agony of trying to remember the words everything else will be lost . You ...
Contents
Helen Krich Chinoy | 3 |
George II Duke of SaxeMeiningen | 81 |
André Antoine | 89 |
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