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Directors’ Theatre

  • Textbook
  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. David Bradby
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  2. David Williams
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Part of the book series: Modern Dramatists (MD)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Rise of the Director

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 1-23

  3. Joan Littlewood

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 24-50

  4. Roger Planchon

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 51-83

  5. Ariane Mnouchkine

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 84-111

  6. Jerzy Grotowski

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 112-144

  7. Peter Brook

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 145-185

  8. Peter Stein

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 186-223

  9. Robert Wilson

    • David Bradby, David Williams
    Pages 224-261

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 262-275
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David Bradby and David Williams discuss the work of seven major post-war directors, each the representative of at least one of the integral functions ascribed to the director: the prophet, the teacher, the revolutionary agitator, even the priest. Major presentations by all the directors discussed are described in detail. The emphasis is on the differing interrelationship of working ethic and performance aesthetic; the importance of 'process' in the elaboration of 'product'; the treatment of classic texts; the directors' animation of actors as central creative source; and individual responses to the ongoing reassessment of theatre's role and function in the second half of the 20th century.

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