
- 248 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements and Thanks
- Introduction
- 1 You
- 2 Him
- 3 The Director and the Text
- 4 Awayday 1: Dramatic Energy (How Does He Do It?)
- 5 Let’s Design It! The Eye
- 6 Design – The Ear
- 7 Casting the Play
- 8 Awayday 2: Stanislavski and Actioning
- 9 To Cut or Not to Cut, That Is the Question
- 10 The Rehearsal Plan
- 11 Rehearsing the Play: Beginning
- 12 Awayday 3: Improvisation
- 13 Rehearsing the Play: End of the Beginning
- 14 Rehearsing the Play: Middle
- 15 Rehearsing the Play: End
- 16 Tech, Dress, Previews and Opening
- Index
- Imprint