Title: The director at work /
Authors: Benedetti, Robert L.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Shakespeare, William,; Shakespeare, William, Stage history Oregon.; Theater Production and direction.
Abstract: Explains the role of a director from his first encounter with a play through casting, rehearsals, staging and shaping the play - A director's approach to Hamlet_
Contents: The director. The director's mind -- What a director does -- The director as translator. Getting ready. The first encounter -- Understanding the action -- The shape of drama -- Understanding character -- Forming a production concept. The director at work. The design process -- Casting -- First rehearsals -- Exploring the action -- Early staging -- Shaping, pacing, and focusing -- Final synthesis -- Afterword : a career in directing -- Appendixes.