[PDF] The Stage Directions Guide To Directing eBook

Author : Stephen Peithman
Publisher : Drama
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780325001128

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Every director, from the beginner to the most experienced, will find in this book invaluable information to make their direction more effective. Following a general overview of the director's role, the book focuses on how the director shapes and guides a production - from preproduction meetings to curtain calls. Veteran directors and actors in community, regional, and academic theatre offer their expertise on a range of topics, including: selecting the right play things to look for in an audition criticizing effectively basics of directing a musical staging a big show with a small cast blocking tips managing rehearsal and schedules and much more. Directors may be an unseen presence in stage productions, but their influence is everywhere to be seen - and heard. Stage Directions Guide to Directing provides welcome support to directors charged with unlocking the full potential of their productions.

Author : Rob Urbinati
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Acting
ISBN : 9781138841284

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Play Readings: A Complete Guide for Theatre Practitioners demystifies the standards and protocols of a play reading, demonstrating how to create effective and evocative readings for those new to or inexperienced with the genre. It examines all of the essential considerations involved in readings, including the use of the venue, pre-reading preparations, playwright/director communication, editing/adapting stage directions, casting, using the limited rehearsal time effectively, simple "staging" suggestions, working with actors, handling complex stage directions, talkbacks, and limiting the use of props, costumes, and music. A variety of readings are covered, including readings of musicals, operas, and period plays, for comprehensive coverage of this increasingly prevalent production form.

Author : Terry John Converse
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN :

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The 42 exercises detailed in this comprehensive guide provide both the instructor and the student a 'user-friendly' workshop structure. The basic concepts of directing are learned progressively. This approach is totally new -- the student discovers the demands and problems of directing by actually doing it step-by-step. The student's own directing style emerges with each exercise.

Author : Stephen Peithman
Publisher : Heinemann Drama
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Drama
ISBN :

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The Stage Directions Guide to Shakespeare offers sane, sensible advice on reasons to do (or not to do) Shakespeare, assessing your theatre group abilities, selecting a play, casting, making costume and set decisions, the special demands of directing and playing Shakespeare and publicity.

Author : Stephen Peithman
Publisher : Heinemann Drama
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,34 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780325001135

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This book shows you how a theatre attracts and maintains the audience it needs.

Author : Chris Baldwin
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Theater
ISBN : 9781861266033

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Stage Directing: A Practical Guide demystifies the art of directing for the stage. Offering detailed advice on every aspect of the process, it explores the ways in which a carefully orchestrated performance can be made to appear fresh and spontaneous. It shows how the ties between play, performers, and audience can be strengthened, and how the strategic intervention of the director can help to produce the most polished and elegant performances. Written for all those involved in the direction of stage plays, it is both a practical guide and an inspirational companion on the road from page to stage. Chris Baldwin is a theater director and playwright; he has directed for many theaters in Britain, Poland, Germany, and Spain. He has also taught directing and dramaturgy at various European colleges and is a former head of Drama and Theatre at King Alfred’s College, England.

Author : Jim Patterson
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 34,78 MB
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1478626860

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Flexible and concise, Stage Directing details the seven steps that make up the directing process: selecting a work, analyzing and researching the playscript, conceiving the production, casting, beginning rehearsals, polishing rehearsals, and giving and receiving criticism. Each step is highlighted with valuable directing tips, as well as examples from modern and contemporary playscripts and productions. Exercises, objectives, and key terms put directing precepts to a practical test, revealing what is significant about each phase of the process. Over eighty charts, graphs, and photographs unite to exemplify the text. With a fresh voice and an engaging writing style, Patterson provides insightful questions, suggestions, and illustrations that define and invoke contemplation about the role of the director. Three original short plays provide the opportunity for hands-on analysis and the application of practical concepts. In a final essay, Patterson highlights the function and growing artistry of the director in the modern and postmodern theatre by concisely examining the history of the director.

Author : Stephen Peithman
Publisher : Drama
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 27,25 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN :

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Drawing from the columns and archives of Stage Directions magazine and adding new material and introductions that put the information into perspective, the editors focus on five main areas of responsibility in musical theater.