A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre / Edition 1

by Anne Bogart

Overview

A Director Prepares is a thought-provoking examination of the challenges of making theatre. In it, Anne Bogart speaks candidly and with wisdom of the courage required to create 'art with great presence'.
Each chapter tackles one of the seven major areas Bogart has identified as both potential partner and potential obstacle to art-making. They are Violence; Memory; Terror; Eroticism; Stereotype; Embarrassment; and Resistance. Each one can be used to generate extraordinary creative energy, if we know how to use it.
A Director Prepares offers every practitioner an extraordinary insight into the creative process. It is a handbook, Bible and manifesto, all in one. No other book on the art of theatre comes even close to offering this much understanding, experience and inspiration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415238328
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/24/2001
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	726,953
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anne Bogart is Artistic Director of the SITI Company, which she founded with Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is Associate Professor at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Introduction Preface: Story and anti-story 1 Memory 2 Violence 3 Eroticism 4 Terror 5 Stereotype 6 Embarrassment 7 Resistance

Editorial Reviews

'This is a revolutionary insight into the often misunderstood process of directing.' - Manchesteronstage.com

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