Theatre /
David Mamet.
- London : Faber and Faber, 2010.
- x, 157 pages ; 22 cm
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Includes bibliographical references.
Calls for no less than the death of the director and the end to acting theory, arguing that either actors are good or they are non-actors, and that good actors work best without the interference of a director. The greenroom -- The hunter and the game -- Hunting instincts -- The lamppost and the alley -- The fatal spin -- The problem with "training", or, "Slaves of the ant-god, Throog"--Emotion -- The map and the territory -- Theatrical forms -- Totalitarian tendencies -- Repression -- Politically correct -- Great American plays and great American poetry -- The bathing machine -- Stagecraft -- Impertinence -- The end of adolescence -- Subvention -- Two teachers -- A culture of confession -- Theatrical culture -- Third parties -- On the general uselessness of the rehearsal process -- The fallacy of the director -- Directing for the stage -- Time.