The Great European Stage Directors Volume 3

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781350445796 Author(s): Jonathan Pitches Format: Paperback Year: 2024 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pages: 216 Series: Great Stage Directors

Description: This volume examines the work of directors Jacques Copeau, Theodore Komisarjevsky and Tyrone Guthrie. It explores in detail many of the directorsA? key productions, including CopeauA?s staging of MoliA?¨reA?s The Tricks of Scapin, KomisarjevskyA?s signature season of Chekhov plays at the Barnes Theatre and GuthrieA?s pioneering direction of ShakespeareA?s plays in North America. This study argues that their work exemplifies the complexity and novelty of the role of theatre directing in the first three-quarters of the 20th century, as Komisarjevsky was in the middle of the genesis of directing in Russia, Copeau launched his directorial career just as the role was gaining definition, and Guthrie was at the vanguard of directing in Britain, at last shaking off the traditions of the actor-manager to formulate the new role of artistic director.

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