Direction /
Simon Shepherd.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- ix, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
- Readings in theatre practice .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-229) and index.
Finding a name for it. Being a director. What is it directors do? -- Methods of direction -- An interview with Ralf Richardt Strøbech -- Histories. The beginning of directors, and their possible end: a brief history -- The pre-history of directing -- Christophe Alix: a brief history of the publicly-funded director in France -- How Shakespeare shaped directing -- Directors as authors. Authoring authority -- James Reynolds: Robert Lepage and authorial process -- An interview with Michael Grandage -- The art of organisation.