Christopher Innes (Toronto York University), Maria Shevtsova (University of London Goldsmiths)

Broschiertes Buch

The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing

Beschreibung

Christopher Innes and Maria Shevtsova discuss the methods of rehearsal and staging created by the path-breaking directors of the twentieth century and the twenty-first. They offer a broad overview of the roots of modern directing, and highlight its innovative theatre practices through details of major productions and theoretical principles.

Autor

Christopher Innes is Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Toronto, and Research Professor at Copenhagen University. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and of the Royal Society of Arts (UK), as well as a Killam Fellow, he holds the Canada Research Chair in Performance and Culture. Author of fifteen books - translated into eight different languages - he has also published over 120 articles on various aspects of modern drama. He is General Editor of the Cambridge Directors in Perspective series, Co-Editor of the Lives of the Theatre series, Contributing Editor to The Cambridge Guide to World Theatre and has been Co-Editor of the quarterly journal Modern Drama. He has been a visiting Professor in Australia, Germany and Japan, and has lectured around the world, as well as holding visiting Fellowships at Corpus Christi and St John's Colleges in Cambridge. His website is www.moderndrama.com.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9780521606226
• ISBN-10: 0521606225
• Artikelnr.: 36956019

Rezensionen

'This history of directing and directors in Western theater is an eminently useful volume that should be a part of every serious theater library ... Recommended. All readers.' M. S. LoMonaco, Choice