How to Direct Shakespeare
eBook - ePub

How to Direct Shakespeare

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Direct Shakespeare

About this book

You may be a student, or just starting out in the theatre profession, or an actor contemplating a switch to directing, or anyone dreaming of a life in the theatre. Know this: by developing and sharpening your skills on a Shakespeare text, you will be preparing yourself for your next production whatever or wherever that might be. Practical, inspirational and steeped in the wisdom and expertise of one of the great Shakespearean directors of our age, How to Direct Shakespeare guides you through each step of a production, from conception to final presentation to an audience. It includes close analysis of the text and provides strategies for focusing on the main action and structure; it considers dramatic energy and the world of the play, and illuminates these with examples drawn from a variety of Shakespeare's plays. It will assist you with creating your vision for the production as you collaborate with the design team, cast the play and work with actors in rehearsal. And it walks you through the encounter with the audience as you open your production. Drawing on examples from his work as artistic director of The Royal Shakespeare Company and subsequent directing work that has taken him all over the world, Noble shows how every production is shaped by a vision of the world - the interplay of the writer's vision and the director's interpretation of it. How to Direct Shakespeare will inspire and equip you as you develop your vision for your next production.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgements and Thanks
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 You
  10. 2 Him
  11. 3 The Director and the Text
  12. 4 Awayday 1: Dramatic Energy (How Does He Do It?)
  13. 5 Let’s Design It! The Eye
  14. 6 Design – The Ear
  15. 7 Casting the Play
  16. 8 Awayday 2: Stanislavski and Actioning
  17. 9 To Cut or Not to Cut, That Is the Question
  18. 10 The Rehearsal Plan
  19. 11 Rehearsing the Play: Beginning
  20. 12 Awayday 3: Improvisation
  21. 13 Rehearsing the Play: End of the Beginning
  22. 14 Rehearsing the Play: Middle
  23. 15 Rehearsing the Play: End
  24. 16 Tech, Dress, Previews and Opening
  25. Index
  26. Imprint