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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789961903321
• Autore: Trevis Di.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-72163-0; 1-283-46277-X; 9786613462770; 0-203-81636-6; 1-136-72164-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.092; B
• Soggetti: Theatrical producers and directors - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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