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Mis-directing the Play: An Argument Against Contemporary Theatre

Mis-directing the Play: An Argument Against Contemporary Theatre

McCabe, Terry

Paperback

Theater HistoryTechnical Theater

ISBN10: 1566637996
ISBN13: 9781566637992
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Published: Dec 16 2008
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Arguing for a radical reorganization of the stage director's view of his role, Terry McCabe challenges the notion that a play is the director's vehicle for self-expression. The idea of the director as centerpiece of the theatre, he declares, distorts plays and oppresses the actors. Mr. McCabe explores what it means to direct a play when directing is properly understood as a process of self-effacement and faithfulness to the playwright's vision. An eminently sensible polemic delivered with cogent examples and equally cogent arguments. -Nicholas Rudall. A call to responsibility and-dare I say it?-adulthood. It is also the fuel for what could be some constructive arguments among colleagues. -Jeffrey Sweet

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