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9780571199945

Thinking Like a Director A Practical Handbook

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    9780571199945

  • ISBN10:

    0571199941

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-10-17
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Summary

Bloom draws on nearly twenty years of directing and teaching experience to convey the full experience of directing for the stage, as well as the mindset that all successful directors possess. More than a mere set of guidelines,Thinking Like a Directordetails a technique that covers every facet of theatrical production, from first reading through final rehearsals. The key to directorial thinking, Bloom asserts, is a dual perspective--an ability to focus on both the internal lives of the play's characters and the external elements of the play's structure. In this illuminating, engaging, and accessible handbook, the art of dramatic interpretation and the craft of working with actors are integrated into a single, unified method.

Author Biography

In addition to directing throughout the United States and Japan, Michael Bloom is head of directing at the University of Texas at Austin. His writing on the stage has appeared in The New York Times and American Theatre magazine. Bloom directed the premiere of Donald Margulies's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Dinner with Friends at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and he also directed premieres by Don DeLillo, Ariel Dorfman, David Hare, and David Lodge. He won the Elliott Norton Award for Directing for his production of Gross Indecency, and was nominated for a Drama Desk for Sight Unseen at Manhattan Theatre Club and the Orpheum Theatre. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 3(6)
I. PREPARATION 9(58)
Thinking Like an Artist
11(6)
Reading and Researching
17(14)
Interpreting the Action
31(15)
External Analysis: Structure
46(21)
II. PRE-PRODUCTION 67(50)
Developing the Approach
69(12)
The Design Process
81(14)
Style
95(9)
Casting
104(13)
III. REHEARSAL 117(80)
The Early Rehearsals
119(21)
Staging
140(11)
The Middle Rehearsals: Problem Solving
151(22)
The External Perspective in Rehearsals
173(11)
The Final Stages
184(13)
IV. RESOURCES 197(8)
The Directorial Landscape
199(6)
Appendix 1 The Next Project 205(5)
Appendix 2 Sample Rehearsal Timeline 210(3)
Appendix 3 Points of Reference: Scenes from The Glass Menagerie and Nora 213(10)
Notes 223(4)
Glossary 227(4)
Recommended Reading 231(2)
Index 233

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