Play Directing, 7th Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Dedication
5. Table of Contents
6. Preface
7. 1 Why the Director?
8. 2 What Is a Play? Analysis and Improvisation
9. Part I Taking a Play Apart
   1. Play-Analysis: The Director’s Primary Study
      1. 3 The Foundation and Façade of the Playscript: Given Circumstances and Dialogue
      2. 4 The Core of the Playscript: Dramatic Action and Characters
      3. 5 Idea and Rhythm-Mood Beats
      4. 6 The Director’s Preparation
10. Part II Communication
    1. The Director-Actor Relationship and Stage Blocking
       1. 7 Directing Is Working with Actors—1
       2. 8 Learning to See: The Games of Visual Perception
       3. 9 Helping Actors Communicate through Groundplans
       4. 10 Composition: Helping Actors Discover and Project Basic Relationships
       5. 11 Helping Each Actor Intensify: Gesture and Improvisation with Properties
       6. 12 Picturization: Helping a Group Intensify
       7. 13 The Dynamic Tool of Movement
       8. 14 Coordinating the Blocking Tools in Director-Actor Communication
       9. 15 Helping Actors “Speak” a Play
       10. 16 Directing Is Working with Actors—2
           1. Major Project 1A: Scene Practice
           2. Major Project 1B: Diagnostic Criticism
       11. Communicating Through Staging Options
           1. 17 The Director’s Responsibility for Working Effectively with Design
       12. 18 The Director and the Stage Machine: Symbolization and Synthesis
       13. 19 Director’s Options: Choice of the Stage
       14. 20 Director’s Options: Scenery, Properties, and Lighting
       15. 21 Director’s Options: Costume, Makeup, and Sound
       16. Helping Audiences Receive A Play
           1. 22 Responsibility to Audiences
              1. Major Project 2: Designing and Directing Your Own One-Act Play Production
11. Part III Interpretation
    1. Amatter Of Style
       1. 23 Style Is Individual Expression
       2. 24 Style in Playwriting and Playwrights
       3. 25 The Director’s Analysis of Style in a Playscript
       4. 26 Style in Production: Making Decisions
       5. 27 Style in Production: Modern Plays
       6. 28 Style in Production: New Plays
       7. 29 Style in Production: Plays of Past Ages
12. Part IV Communication 2
    1. The Director-Designer Relationship
       1. 30 Preparing To Be a Collaborator in the Design Process
       2. 31 Directing Is Working with Designers
          1. Major Project 3: Directing a Full-Length, Fully Produced Play with Designers
13. Appendix 1: Musical Theatre and Opera
14. Appendix 2: The Director and the Dramaturg
15. Appendix 3: Your Future as a Director
16. Bibliography
17. Index