TY  - BOOK
AU  - Innes,Christopher
AU  - Shevtsova,Maria
TI  - The Cambridge introduction to Theatre directing
T2  - Cambridge introductions to
SN  - 9780521606226 (paperback)
AV  - PN2053 I56 2013
U1  - 792.02/33 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Theater
KW  - Production and direction
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Theatrical producers and directors
KW  - DRAMA / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - P.B; P.B; Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-275) and index
N2  - "This Introduction is an exciting journey through the different styles of theatre that twentieth-century and contemporary directors have created. It discusses artistic and political values, rehearsal methods and the diverging relationships with actors and designers, treatment of dramatic material and approaches to audiences. Offering a compelling analysis of theatrical practice, Christopher Innes and Maria Shevtsova explore the different rehearsal and staging principles and methods of such earlier groundbreaking figures as Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Brecht, revising standard perspectives on their work, as well as analysing a diverse range of innovative contemporary directors, including Ariane Mnouchkine, Lev Dodin, Peter Brook, and Peter Sellars. While tracing the different roots of directorial practices across time, and discussing their artistic, cultural and political significance, the authors provide significant examples of the major directorial approaches and reveal comprehensive patterns in the craft of directing and the influence and collaborative relationships of directors"--
ER  -