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The Art and Practice of Directing for Theatre
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The Art and Practice of Directing for Theatre

by Paul B. Crook
September 2016
Beginner
248 pages
6h 9m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 10Working and Running

Some directors love the research and conceptualizing that leads up to a production. Some directors love the collaboration of the design process. Still other directors love the reveal of opening a show to an audience. But not all directors love all of those things. The one area of a production, though, that every director I have ever known really loves, is working and running rehearsals. This is the time that you get to put the show on its feet, see it grow and develop, collaborate with the actors, and watch them bring the characters to life. It is an exciting, frustrating, challenging, thrilling, terrifying, and joyous time. These are the rehearsals where the show is fleshed out and all of the collaborators get to ...

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