Directing: the parameters. Space -- Time -- Motion -- Directing: the specifics. Deciding to be a director -- Choosing the play -- Reading the play -- Casting the play -- Rehearsing the actors -- Forging a directing language -- Fluid staging -- Specialist skills -- Final work in the rehearsal room -- Technical rehearsals -- The final ingredient : the audience -- Directing: the kwoth. A figure in the distance -- My salvation -- I became a director one weekend -- The plays and poetry of a German and a Spaniard -- Things French.
Summary:
In this book, the author draws on a wealth of first-hand experience to present an immersive, engaging and vital insight into the role of a director. She elegantly blends the personal and the pedagogical, illustrating how the parameters of Time, Space and Motion are essential when creating a successful production. Throughout, she explores and recycles her own formative life experiences in order to demonstrate that who you are is as integral to being a director as what you do.
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