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Theatre Directing
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THEATRE DIRECTING
Ancient Greece: The writer/actor.
Medieval: Priests and Guild Members.
Renaissance: Actor-Managers.
Before
THE FIRST DIRECTOR
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Founded - Meiningen Ensemble
- Designed – set, costumes, props
- Long rehearsals
- Demanded historical accuracy
The First Director
Different Styles
Auteur Director
Distinct Vision and Style
- Jerzy Grotowski
- Anne Bogart
Directing Styles
Traditional
Director
1st duty is to serve the script.
- Elia Kazan
- Lloyd Richards
- Sam Mendes
5 Functions of the Director
- Artistic Unification
- Represent the Playwright
- Representing the Audience
- Organizing working process
- Working with performers
5
The Spine: Central Core
Play Analysis
Scoring the Script
- Breaking the play into BEATS
- Helps to create rhythm/tempo
Beats
CHANGE IN BEAT
- Objective achieved.
- Another character enters.
- Change in tactic.
Beat Changes
Fences
BLOCKING
Specific Motivated Movement
Rehearsed Crosses, Exits and Entrances.
Blocking
Example
The Audition
CASTING THE PLAY IS 90% of DIRECTING
PART ONE
- Monologue or Cold Readings
- Typing
PART TWO
- The Callback
- Directable
- Chemistry
- Heredity/Environment
The Audition
The Director at Work
The Work
Step One: Choosing a play
Step Two: Pre-production
Step Three: Casting
Step Four: Rehearsals
Step Five: Technical Rehearsals
Directing Actors
Working with Actors
- Inspire the actors!
- Create a safe environment
- Shape the story
Stage Pictures
Pictures
- Triangle: Used for focus
- Actor Position
- Levels
- Down Stage Center
Peter Brook
- Director is a play’s chief creative force
- Was called "Our greatest living theatre director"
- A career of Shakespeare
- Directed Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss
- Unconventional style and staging
A Working Vision
Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes
- Stage and Film Director.
- Dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret, Oliver!, Company, and Gypsy.
- Films: 1917, Spectre and American Beauty
Harold Prince
- West Side Story
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Sweeney Todd
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