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| List of Plays Used in Photographs | |
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| List of Authors Whose Plays Appear in Photographs | |
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| Dedication and Credits for Photographs | |
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| Preface | |
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| Why the Director? | |
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| Capturing the Wild Bird: The Dramatic Poet and the Director's Job | |
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| The Foundation and Facade of the Playscript: Given Circumstances and Dialogue | |
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| The Hard Core of the Playscript: Dramatic Action and Characters | |
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| The Derivatives of Dramatic Action in a Playscript: Idea and Rhythmic Beats | |
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| The Director's Preparation: The Basis of Communication | |
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| Directing is Communicating: Working with Actors | |
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| Learning to See: Game of Visual Perception | |
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| The Groundplan: The Basic Tool in Director-Actor Communication | |
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| Composition: Discovering and Projecting Basic Relationships | |
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| Helping Each Actor Intensify: Gesture and Improvisation with Properties | |
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| Picturization: Helping a Group Intensify | |
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| The Dynamic Tool of Movement | |
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| Coordinating Visual Tools in Director-Actor Communication | |
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| The Director's Job is Finding Oral and Visual Balance | |
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| Directing is Designing | |
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| The Director and the Stage Machine: Symbolization and Synthesis | |
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| Director's Options 1: Choice of the Stage | |
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| Director's Options 2: Scenery, Properties, and Lighting | |
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| Director's Options 3: Costume, Makeup, and Sound Effects | |
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| Responsibility to Audiences | |
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| Style is Individual Expression | |
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| Style in Playwriting and Playwrights | |
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| The Director's Analysis of Style in a Playscript | |
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| Style in Production: Making Decisions | |
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| Style in Production: Modern Plays | |
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| Style in Production: New Plays | |
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| Style in Production: Musical Theatre and Opera | |
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| Style in Production: Plays of Past Ages | |
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| Epilogue: On the Road: Your Future as a Director | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |