Shevtsova, Maria and Innes, Christopher. 2013. The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521606226 [Book]

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This Introduction is an exciting journey through the different styles of theatre that twentieth-century and contemporary directors have created. It discusses artistic and political values, rehearsal methods and the diverging relationships with actors, designers, other collaborators and audiences, and treatment of dramatic material. Offering a compelling analysis of theatrical practice, Christopher Innes and Maria Shevtsova explore the different rehearsal and staging principles and methods of such earlier groundbreaking figures as Stanislavsky, Meyerhold and Brecht, revising standard perspectives on their work. The authors analyse, as well, a diverse range of innovative contemporary directors, including Ariane Mnouchkine, Elizabeth LeCompte, Peter Sellars, Robert Wilson, Thomas Ostermeier and Oskaras Koršunovas, among many others. While tracing the different roots of directorial practices across time and space, and discussing their artistic, cultural and political significance, the authors provide key examples of the major directorial approaches and reveal comprehensive patterns in the craft of directing and the influence and collaborative relationships of directors.

Item Type:	Book
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Theatre and Performance (TAP)
Date:	June 2013
Item ID:	6158
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2011 09:24
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2017 12:20
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/6158

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