About the Book
Re: Direction is an extraordinary resource for practitioners and students on directing. It provides a collection of ground-breaking interviews, primary sources and essays on 20th century directing theories and practices around the world.
Helpfully organized into four key areas of the subject, the book explores:
* theories of directing
* the boundaries of the director's role
* the limits of categorization
* the history of the theatre and performance art.
Exceptionally useful and thought-provoking introductory essays by editors Schneider and Cody guide you through the wealth of materials included here. Re: Direction is the kind of book anyone interested in theatre history should own, and which will prove an indispensable toolkit for a lifetime of study.
Table of Contents:
GENERAL INTRODUCTION, Rebecca Schneider, Gabrielle Cody; Part 1 DIRECTORS OF CLASSICAL REVOLT; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO Part I, Rebecca Schneider; Chapter 2 THE REIGN OF THE THEATRICAL DIRECTOR, Bettina L. Knapp; Chapter 3 STANISLAVSKY, Sharon Marie Carnicke; Chapter 4 THREE SISTERS AT THE MAT, M. N. Stroyeva; Chapter 5 MY RUSSIAN NOTEBOOK, 1934, Lee Strasberg; Chapter 6 AN INTERVIEW WITH OKHLOPKOV, Lee Strasberg, Sidney Kingsley; Chapter 7 Meyerhold's production of The Magnanimous Cuckold, Nick Worrall; Chapter 8 REALITY IS NOT ENOUGH, Richard Schechner; Chapter 9 BRECHT AS DIRECTOR, Carl Weber; Chapter 10 THE REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT, Lee Baxandall; Chapter 11 PARADISE NOW!, The Living Theatre; Chapter 12 FROM ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE, Linda Montano; Chapter 13 INVISIBLE THEATRE, Augusto Boal; Part 2 AUTEUR THEATRE; Chapter 14 INTRODUCTION TO Part II, Gabrielle Cody; Chapter 15 ARTAUD'S LES CENCI, An account by Roger Blin, Artaud's letters, and critical reviews; Chapter 16 TADEUSZ KANTOR'S JOURNEY, Jan Klossowicz; Chapter 17 THEATRE AND THERAPY: ROBERT WILSON, Bill Simmer; Chapter 18 VESSEL, Brooks McNamara; Chapter 19 FOREMAN'S PAIN(T) AND VERTICAL MOBILITY, Kate Davy; Chapter 20 PEARLS FOR PIGS, Richard Foreman; Chapter 21 AIDS AND AVANT-GARDE CLASSICISM, John Bell; Chapter 22 WOMAN, MAN, DOG, TREE, Gabrielle Cody; Chapter 23 HAIKU IN THE FLESH, Meiling Cheng; Part 3 THEATRES OF COMMUNITY AND TRANSCULTURATION; Chapter 24 INTRODUCTION TO Part III, Gabrielle Cody; Chapter 25 COLLECTIVE CREATION, Theodore Shank; Chapter 26 AN INTERVIEW WITH GROTOWSKI, Richard Schechner, Theodore Hoffman, Jacques Chwat, Mary Tierney; Chapter 27 TALKING WITH PETER BROOK, Richard Schechner, Jean-Claude Carrière, Joel Jouanneau, Georges Banu; Chapter 28 BUILDING UP THE MUSCLE, Josette Féral; Chapter 29 THE OTHER HISTORY OF INTERCULTURAL PERFORMANCE, Coco Fusco; Chapter 30 NOMADMEDIA, Rebecca Schneider; Part 4 MONTAGE, REITERATION, REVISION; Chapter 31 INTRODUCTION TO Part IV, Rebecca Schneider; Chapter 32 EISENSTEIN'S WISEMAN, Daniel Gerould; Chapter 33 MONTAGE OF ATTRACTIONS, Sergei Eisenstein; Chapter 34 CHARLES LUDLAM'S RIDICULOUS THEATRICAL COMPANY, Ron Argelander; Chapter 35 RIDICULOUS THEATRE, Charles Ludlam; Chapter 36 FAMILY OF THE F.P., Stefan Brecht; Chapter 37 IS THERE A TEXT ON THIS STAGE?, Gerald Rabkin; Chapter 38 ISLAND HOPPING, Euridice Arratia; Chapter 39 HAMLET AT WORLD'S END, Maik Hamburger; Chapter 40 SUZAN-LORI PARKS AND LIZ DIAMOND, Steven Drukman; Chapter 41 THREE SISTERS AT MILLENNIUM'S END, Rebecca Schneider;
About the Author :
Gabrielle Cody, Rebecca Schneider
Review :
'Compact, readable and exceptionally good value for money, this collection of writings on the role of the theatre director is set to become a classic text for practitioners and students of directing alike.' - Manchester on Stage
'A wonderfully complex, dense nexus of intersecting and parting, connecting and diverging ideas about theatermaking ... Re:Direction has the sulatary effect of shaking up habitual ways of seeing the profession of directing.' - Theater
'Compact, readable and exceptionally good value for money, this collection of writings on the role of the theatre director is set to become a classic text for practitioners and students of directing alike.' - Manchester on Stage
