Directors On Directing: The Emergence Of The Modern Theatre
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 4th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - tears; clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name on fep.
At the crossroads of vision and craft stands the theatre director — a role so fundamental to modern performance that its very emergence reshaped the art form entirely. Directors on Directing: The Emergence of the Modern Theatre, edited by Toby Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy, presents a landmark anthology of writings, interviews, and manifestos from the pioneering directors who forged the modern stage, from Stanislavski and Brecht to Meyerhold and beyond. The collection chronicles the philosophical battles, aesthetic revolutions, and practical innovations that transformed directing from a background function into the central creative force of twentieth-century theatre. Spanning continents and generations, this essential volume illuminates the profound tension between text and performance, actor and director, tradition and experiment. Cole and Chinoy curate with scholarly precision and genuine theatrical passion, assembling a chorus of visionary voices that argue, contradict, and inspire one another across the decades. For students, practitioners, and devoted theatregoers alike, this anthology remains an indispensable window into the minds that invented the modern stage — and a provocative reminder that the question of who truly controls a production has never been fully resolved.
Author: Toby Cole & Helen Krich Chinoy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, -
Genre: Preforming Arts
Edition: 4th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - tears; clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name on fep.
At the crossroads of vision and craft stands the theatre director — a role so fundamental to modern performance that its very emergence reshaped the art form entirely. Directors on Directing: The Emergence of the Modern Theatre, edited by Toby Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy, presents a landmark anthology of writings, interviews, and manifestos from the pioneering directors who forged the modern stage, from Stanislavski and Brecht to Meyerhold and beyond. The collection chronicles the philosophical battles, aesthetic revolutions, and practical innovations that transformed directing from a background function into the central creative force of twentieth-century theatre. Spanning continents and generations, this essential volume illuminates the profound tension between text and performance, actor and director, tradition and experiment. Cole and Chinoy curate with scholarly precision and genuine theatrical passion, assembling a chorus of visionary voices that argue, contradict, and inspire one another across the decades. For students, practitioners, and devoted theatregoers alike, this anthology remains an indispensable window into the minds that invented the modern stage — and a provocative reminder that the question of who truly controls a production has never been fully resolved.