Getting Directions - A Fly-On-The-Wall Guide for Emerging Theatre Directors

Informationen zum Autor Russ Hope is an author and theatre director. He was born in London in 1983 and studied at the University of Warwick. His work as a theatre director includes Brooklyn (Cock Tavern Theatre), The Last Five Years (Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue), Wired and Finishing the Ha t (King’s Head Theatre), Knickerbocker Glories (Union Theatre, Southwark), Lucky Nurse and other short musical plays and The Fix (Edinburgh Festival) and Square-Eyed (Etcetera Theatre Club). Dominic Cooke is an acclaimed theatre director who was Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre 2006-13. He is the author of plays including Arabian Nights , an adaptation of Malorie Blackman's Noughts & Crosses , and a version of Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession . He was awarded a CBE in 2014 for services to drama. Klappentext Eight of the UK's most exciting young directors provide unique insight into the creative process, from first rehearsal to opening. Zusammenfassung A practical handbook that lifts the lid on what it means to be a theatre director. Russ Hope gives us unprecedented, fly-on-the-wall access to eight different rehearsal rooms - the result is both a portrait and a masterclass from a generation of theatre practitioners. Essential reading for anyone who wants to follow in their footsteps.

Product details

• Authors: Hope, Russ Hope, Russell Hope, Hope Russ
• Assisted by: Cooke Dominic (Foreword)
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2012
• EAN: 9781848421820
• ISBN: 978-1-84842-182-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production