The Director and Directing Craft, Process and Aesthetic in Contemporary Theatre /

• Main Author: Ledger, Adam J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Theater.; Theatre and Performance Studies.

This book critically assesses the artistry of contemporary directors. Its discussion includes the work of Declan Donnellan, Thomas Ostermeier, Deborah Warner, Simon Stone and Krzysztof Warlikowski. Alongside the work of wider theorists (Patrice Pavis and Erika Fischer-Lichte), it uses neuroaesthetic...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: the Director
• 2. The Director and Stanislavski
• 3. The Director and the Actor
• 4. 'In the Room': the Director and Rehearsal
• 5. 'Making Something from Within': the Director and Devising
• 6. Design and the Director
• 7. Conclusion(s): the Director and Choice.