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. |
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Contents
What it takes | 3 |
What is a Theatre Director? | 10 |
Starting out | 16 |
Contexts and Colleagues | 23 |
Choice of Play | 31 |
Preparation | 44 |
Casting | 60 |
Design 1 Creative | 78 |
Rehearsals 4 Language | 124 |
Rehearsals 5 Character | 135 |
Rehearsals 6 Blocking and Movement | 164 |
Rehearsals 7 Specialists | 190 |
Rehearsals 8 Manners | 198 |
Rehearsals 9 Running it | 205 |
Putting it onto the Stage | 210 |
Opening | 225 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | So You Want to be a Theatre Director? So You Want to Be... ? Career Guides |
| Author | Stephen Unwin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1854597795, 9781854597793 |
| Length | 248 pages |
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