So you want to be a theatre director?
As artistic director of English Touring Theatre ("the company of the moment"--Daily Mail), Stephen Unwin has worked with hundreds of different actors in a multiplicity of venues. In this book, he takes readers step-by-step through choosing the play, casting, design, rehearsal, running the play, putting it on stage and on to opening night
248 pages ; 22 cm
9781854597793, 1854597795
53389928
What it takes
What is a theatre director?
Starting out
Contexts and colleagues
Choice of play
Preparation
Casting
Design 1: Creative
Design 2: Practical
Rehearsals 1: Starting out
Rehearsals 2: Establishing facts
Rehearsals 3: Warm-ups, improvisation, games and exercises
Rehearsals 4: Language
Rehearsals 5: Character
Rehearsals 6: Blocking and movement
Rehearsals 7: Specialists
Rehearsals 8: Manners
Rehearsals 9: Running it
Putting it on the stage
Opening
Hamlet, Konstantin and the radical young director
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