On Directing Shakespeare - Interviews With Contemporary Directors

For producers and directors planning a production, several questions inevitably arise: Which play is appropriate for the contemporary audience? Should the text and setting be altered? Twelve leading contemporary directors answer these questions in interviews in this book and shed light on what Shakespeare means to them and to their audiences. Originally published in 1977.

List of contents

Introduction The Interviews 1. Jonathan Miller 2. Konrad Swinarski 3. Trevor Nunn 4. Michael Kahn 5. Robin Phillips 6. Giorgio Strehler 7. Peter Brook. Appendix

About the author

Ralph Berry

Summary

Twelve leading contemporary directors interviewed in this book answer questions on how to plan a production and how to make it appropriate for a time and setting. They shed light on what Shakespeare means to them and to their audiences.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Berry, Berry Ralph
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138977488
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97748-8
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Shakespeare in Performance
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Theatre Direction & Production, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Theatre direction and production, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean