List of Plays Used in Photographs | |
List of Authors Whose Plays Appear in Photographs | |
Dedication and Credits for Photographs | |
Preface | |
Why the Director? | p. 1 |
Capturing the Wild Bird: The Dramatic Poet and the Director's Job | p. 7 |
The Foundation and Facade of the Playscript: Given Circumstances and Dialogue | p. 18 |
The Hard Core of the Playscript: Dramatic Action and Characters | p. 30 |
The Derivatives of Dramatic Action in a Playscript: Idea and Rhythmic Beats | p. 46 |
The Director's Preparation: The Basis of Communication | p. 60 |
Directing is Communicating: Working with Actors | p. 66 |
Learning to See: Game of Visual Perception | p. 78 |
The Groundplan: The Basic Tool in Director-Actor Communication | p. 80 |
Composition: Discovering and Projecting Basic Relationships | p. 94 |
Helping Each Actor Intensify: Gesture and Improvisation with Properties | p. 125 |
Picturization: Helping a Group Intensify | p. 134 |
The Dynamic Tool of Movement | p. 146 |
Coordinating Visual Tools in Director-Actor Communication | p. 155 |
The Director's Job is Finding Oral and Visual Balance | p. 163 |
Directing is Designing | p. 201 |
The Director and the Stage Machine: Symbolization and Synthesis | p. 208 |
Director's Options 1: Choice of the Stage | p. 217 |
Director's Options 2: Scenery, Properties, and Lighting | p. 234 |
Director's Options 3: Costume, Makeup, and Sound Effects | p. 257 |
Responsibility to Audiences | p. 278 |
Style is Individual Expression | p. 288 |
Style in Playwriting and Playwrights | p. 299 |
The Director's Analysis of Style in a Playscript | p. 316 |
Style in Production: Making Decisions | p. 330 |
Style in Production: Modern Plays | p. 344 |
Style in Production: New Plays | p. 361 |
Style in Production: Musical Theatre and Opera | p. 367 |
Style in Production: Plays of Past Ages | p. 372 |
Epilogue: On the Road: Your Future as a Director | p. 397 |
Bibliography | p. 406 |
Index | p. 413 |
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