In contact with the gods?
Subtitle: directors talk theatre
By: edited by Maria M. Delgado & Paul Heritage.
Contributors: Delgado, Maria M.; Heritage, Paul.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Manchester; New York, NY; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Theater -- Production and direction; Theatrical producers and directors -- Interviews
Other titles: Directors talk theatre
Description: Rarely has the private world of the director in the rehearsal room been so frankly and entertainingly opened. In addition to the art and craft of directing, they discuss: multiculturalism; the 'classical' repertoire; theatre companies and institutions; working in a foreign language; opera; Shakespeare; new technologies; the art of acting; design; international festivals; politics and aesthetics; the audience; theatre and society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Augusto Boal; title: Peter Brook; title: Ion Caramitru; title: Lev Dodin; title: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod; title: Maria Irene Fornes; title: Jorge Lavelli; title: Robert Lepage; title: Jonathan Miller; title: Ariane Mnouchkine; title: Yukio Ninagawa; title: Lluís Pasqual; title: Peter Sellars; title: Peter Stein; title: Giorgio Strehler; title: Jatinder Verma; title: Robert Willson; title: Epilogue: 'Six hemispheres in search of ...' Peter Brook, Jonathan Miller and Oliver Sacks in conversation.