Being a director : a life in theatre / Di Trevis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trevis, Di.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trevis, Di.

Theatrical producers and directors--Great Britain--Biography.

Theatrical producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Di Trevis is a world-renowned director, whose work with Britain's National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and directing productions worldwide, has deeply informed her knowledge of the director's craft.In Being a Director, she draws on a wealth of first-hand experience to present an immersive, engaging and vital insight into the role of a director.The book elegantly blends the personal and the pedagogical, illustrating how the parameters of Time, Space and Motion are essential when creating a successful production.Throughout, the author explores

Contents:

BEING A DIRECTOR; Copyright; Contents; List of plates; Foreword by Ronald Harwood; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Directing: the parameters; 1 Space; 2 Time; 3 Motion; Part 2 Directing: the specifics; 4 Deciding to be a director; 5 Choosing the play; 6 Reading the play; 7 Casting the play; 8 Rehearsing the actors; 9 Forging a directing language; 10 Fluid staging; 11 Specialist skills; 12 Final work in the rehearsal room; 13 Technical rehearsals; 14 The final ingredient: the audience; Part 3 Directing: the kwoth; 15 A figure in the distance; 16 My salvation

17 I became a director one weekend18 The plays and poetry of a german and a Spaniard; 19 Things French; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-136-72163-0

1-283-46277-X

9786613462770

0-203-81636-6

1-136-72164-9

9780203816363

OCLC:

798530587