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List of contents
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the Series, Simon Shepherd (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama UK)
Introduction: Directors Transforming Realism, Peta Tait (La Trobe University, Australia)
André Antoine
1. Antoine, the Avant-Garde and the Modern Audience, Brian Singleton (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
2. The Sense of Life: Case Studies of Antoine’s Productions, Jean Chothia (University of Cambridge, UK)
Konstantin Stanislavski
3. Stanislavski: Contexts and Influences, Rose Whyman (University of Birmingham, UK)
4. Rethinking 'Stanislavskian' Directing, Sharon Marie Carnicke (University of Southern California, USA)
5. Stanislavski and Contemporary Directing Practice, David Shirley (Manchester School of Theatre, UK)
Michel Saint-Denis
6. Michel Saint-Denis: Theatre as Exploration, Jane Baldwin (independent scholar, USA)
7. The Influence of Michel Saint-Denis as a Director, Jane Baldwin (independent scholar, USA)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Professor Peta Tait (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) is an academic scholar and playwright with an extensive background in theatre, dramatic literature, performance theory and creative arts practice. She researches in the interdisciplinary humanities fields of emotions, body theory and gender identity. Professor Tait has authored four scholarly books, and edited and co-edited three further books, with sixty other publications including articles in Theatre Journal, Modern Drama and Performance Research.SIMON SHEPHERD is Professor of Theatre and Deputy Principal (Academic) at the Central School of Speech and Drama, UK.
