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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.
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.
Based on interviews with over forty award-winning artists, How to
Rehearse a Play offers multiple solutions to the challenges that
directors face from first rehearsal to opening night. The book
provides a wealth of information on how to run a rehearsal room,
suggesting different paths and encouraging directors to shape their
own process. It is divided into four sections: lessons from the
past: a brief survey of influential directors, including
Stanislavski's acting methods and Anne Bogart's theories on
movement; a survey of current practices: practical advice on
launching a process, analyzing scripts, crafting staging, detailing
scene work, collaborating in technical rehearsals and previews, and
opening the play to the public; rehearsing without a script:
suggestions, advice, and exercises for devising plays through
collaborative company creation; rehearsal workbook: prompts and
exercises to help directors discover their own process. How to
Rehearse a Play is the perfect guide for any artist leading their
first rehearsal, heading to graduate school for intense study, or
just looking for ways to refresh and reinvigorate their artistry.
Based on interviews with over forty award-winning artists, How to
Rehearse a Play offers multiple solutions to the challenges that
directors face from first rehearsal to opening night. The book
provides a wealth of information on how to run a rehearsal room,
suggesting different paths and encouraging directors to shape their
own process. It is divided into four sections: lessons from the
past: a brief survey of influential directors, including
Stanislavski's acting methods and Anne Bogart's theories on
movement; a survey of current practices: practical advice on
launching a process, analyzing scripts, crafting staging, detailing
scene work, collaborating in technical rehearsals and previews, and
opening the play to the public; rehearsing without a script:
suggestions, advice, and exercises for devising plays through
collaborative company creation; rehearsal workbook: prompts and
exercises to help directors discover their own process. How to
Rehearse a Play is the perfect guide for any artist leading their
first rehearsal, heading to graduate school for intense study, or
just looking for ways to refresh and reinvigorate their artistry.
How to Read a Play outlines the cruicial work required for a play
before the first rehearsal, the first group reading or even the
before the cast have met. Directors and dramaturgs must know how to
analyze, understand and interpret a play or performance text if
they hope to bring it to life on the stage. This book provides a
broad range of tools and methods that can be used when reading a
text, including: Lessons from the past. What can we learn from
Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtangov, Brecht and Harold
Clurman? This section establishes the models and methods that
underpin much of a director's work today. A survey of current
practices in Western theatre. A combination of research, interviews
and observation of practical work addresses the main stages in
understanding a play, such as getting to know characters, sharing
ideas, mapping the action and grappling with language. A workbook,
setting out twenty one ways of breaking down a play, from the
general to the particular. Contributions, reflections and
interjections from a host of successful directors make this the
ideal starting point for anyone who wants to direct a play, or even
devise one of their own. This wide range of different approaches,
options and techniques allows each reader to create their own brand
of play analysis.
How to Read a Play outlines the cruicial work required for a play
before the first rehearsal, the first group reading or even the
before the cast have met. Directors and dramaturgs must know how to
analyze, understand and interpret a play or performance text if
they hope to bring it to life on the stage. This book provides a
broad range of tools and methods that can be used when reading a
text, including: Lessons from the past. What can we learn from
Aristotle, Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtangov, Brecht and Harold
Clurman? This section establishes the models and methods that
underpin much of a director's work today. A survey of current
practices in Western theatre. A combination of research, interviews
and observation of practical work addresses the main stages in
understanding a play, such as getting to know characters, sharing
ideas, mapping the action and grappling with language. A workbook,
setting out twenty one ways of breaking down a play, from the
general to the particular. Contributions, reflections and
interjections from a host of successful directors make this the
ideal starting point for anyone who wants to direct a play, or even
devise one of their own. This wide range of different approaches,
options and techniques allows each reader to create their own brand
of play analysis.
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