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| Preface: For the Educator: The View Inside | |
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| Introduction: For Students, Teachers and Casual Readers: Using This Book | |
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| Basics: Getting Started | |
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| A Beginning: Thoughts about the Theatre and Life | |
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| The Nature of the Theatre | |
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| The Role of the Director: Where to Begin? | |
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| Finding the Dramatic Action | |
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| Part One Assignments Two One-Page Plays | |
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| Part One Summary Basics: Getting Started | |
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| Rehearsal: A Time for Experiencing | |
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| Rehearsal: Entering the World of the Play | |
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| Mindset: The Key to Entry | |
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| Those Powerful Words | |
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| These Things We Do | |
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| This Incredible Place | |
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| Rehearsal Rhythm | |
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| Part Two Assignments Pinter Sketches | |
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| Part Two Summary Rehearsal: A Time for Experiencing | |
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| Analyzing the Script: Blueprint for Rehearsal | |
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| Analysis, Discovery and Images | |
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| The Rehearsal Unit | |
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| Life's Rhythms and the Scoring of the Play | |
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| The Concept Statement | |
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| Part Three Assignments Scenes from Waiting for Godot | |
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| Part Three Summary Analyzing the Script: Blueprint for Rehearsal | |
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| Style and the Sharing of Viewpoints | |
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| An Introduction to Style | |
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| Style and the Creative Process | |
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| The Theatre and Style | |
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| Ritual and the "Holy" Theatre | |
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| The Deceptive Challenges of Comedy | |
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| Comedy: Nuts and Bolts | |
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| Choosing Models over Labels | |
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| Part Four Assignments Three Preliminary Exercises and Three Directing Scenes | |
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| Part Four Summary Style and the Sharing of Viewpoints | |
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| Working with Your Collaborators | |
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| Communicating with Actors | |
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| Memorization: The First of Five Golden Rings | |
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| Emotion, Gestation, Boarding and Function: The Other Golden Rings | |
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| Working with Playwrights, Designers and Others | |
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| Part Five Assignments Focus on Relationships and Emotion in Directing Scenes | |
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| Part Five Summary Working with Your Collaborators | |
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| The Director and the Theatrical Space | |
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| Theatrical Space: A Meeting Place for Actor and Audience | |
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| The Director's Approach to Space | |
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| Design in Space: Sharing Responsibilities | |
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| Guidelines for Blocking | |
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| Blocking: Lenses for Viewing | |
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| Blocking: The Bigger Picture | |
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| Part Six Assignments Directing a Chosen Scene in a Found Theatrical Space | |
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| Part Six Summary The Director and the Theatrical Space | |
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| The Whole Picture | |
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| From Scenes to Plays | |
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| Rehearsal Progression | |
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| The Critic and the Director | |
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| Miracles, Changes and Basics | |
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| Part Seven Assignments The Complete Play | |
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| Part Seven Summary The Whole Picture | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |