TY - BOOK AU - Shepherd,Simon TI - Direction T2 - Readings in theatre practice SN - 9780230276222 (pbk.) AV - PN2053 .S42 2013 U1 - 792.0233 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Theater KW - Production and direction N1 - 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 ER -