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    This document provides an introduction to theatre directing. It begins with a brief history of directing, noting that the modern director role emerged in the late 19th century. It defines directing as a process where a director engages collaboratively with other creative talents. It outlines some of the key responsibilities of a director, including choosing the script, holding rehearsals, and fine-tuning the performance. Qualities of an effective director include maturity, literacy in theater arts, strong communication and vision, and a compassion for humanity.

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    This document provides an introduction to theatre directing. It begins with a brief history of directing, noting that the modern director role emerged in the late 19th century. It defines directing as a process where a director engages collaboratively with other creative talents. It outlines some of the key responsibilities of a director, including choosing the script, holding rehearsals, and fine-tuning the performance. Qualities of an effective director include maturity, literacy in theater arts, strong communication and vision, and a compassion for humanity.

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    This document provides an introduction to theatre directing. It begins with a brief history of directing, noting that the modern director role emerged in the late 19th century. It defines directing as a process where a director engages collaboratively with other creative talents. It outlines some of the key responsibilities of a director, including choosing the script, holding rehearsals, and fine-tuning the performance. Qualities of an effective director include maturity, literacy in theater arts, strong communication and vision, and a compassion for humanity.

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    This document provides an introduction to theatre directing. It begins with a brief history of directing, noting that the modern director role emerged in the late 19th century. It defines directing as a process where a director engages collaboratively with other creative talents. It outlines some of the key responsibilities of a director, including choosing the script, holding rehearsals, and fine-tuning the performance. Qualities of an effective director include maturity, literacy in theater arts, strong communication and vision, and a compassion for humanity.

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    The key takeaways are that directing evolved from playwrights and heads of companies in Greek theatre to the modern role of a director in the late 19th century. A director's job involves choosing scripts, conducting research, holding rehearsals, and fine-tuning performances.

    Directing evolved in the late 19th century due to the works of Richard Wagner who fused different art forms like music and theatre. It is now defined as a collaborative process where the director engages with other creative talents.

    A director is responsible for choosing scripts, holding auditions, planning rehearsals, attending design meetings, rehearsing actors, and overseeing technical elements like lighting and sound.

    Introduction to the Theatre Directing

    Bryan L. Viray

    Brief History
    Greek theatre playwright and heads of companies Modern director late 19th century product because of convergence of several complex developments Richard Wagner (1813-1883) master of artwork through fusion of all the arts e.g. opera

    Directing

    (as defined by de la Cruz, 2004)

    A process in which a directors creative intelligence engages and meshes with other creative intelligences at a variety of levels and intensities of commitment. These other intelligences, called collaborators, help achieve the directors goal and purpose.

    Job Description
    Mediating with producers Choosing the script Absorbing the script Conducting dramaturgical research Performing a structural analysis Auditioning and casting Planning a rehearsal schedule

    Job Description (Pre-prod work)


    Preparing for and attending design conferences Meeting with additional collaborators, such as choreographers, composers, audiovisual specialists Rehearsing the actors Participating in the paper tech Attending the technical and dress rehearsals Fine-tuning the performance

    Director
    As an organizer Labor Leader Facilitator Orchestrator of the theatrical score

    The period of gestation/development


    Period in which the play was written Playwrights life and other works Kind of stage for which the play was written Theatrical conventions of the time Studies about the playwrights plays and the play you wish to direct Reviews of previous productions of the play

    The period of gestation/development


    Material related to things mentioned in the play, e.g. Historical references, place names Anything else that might help to understand the playwrights art Visual and aural possibilities that is, pictures and music that may refer to the production or inspire me toward the choice of mise en scene Meetings w/ the playwright and listening to him talk about the play

    Transforming the text into a performance


    Visual implications of structure Clues to the symbology of the action rooted in the culture Metaphors for the myth trajectory of the souls search for regeneration

    Qualities
    Maturity (not necessarily age), or life experience Literacy about theater and related arts Proficiency in the use of theater tools The ability to articulate thoughts, passions, visions, and intentions A general sensitivity to ones culture, world events, and life

    Qualities
    A compassion for humanity A bravery in defending ones beliefs, and a strength of personality that commands respect A voracious appetite for knowledge, feelings, and experience A strong sense of mission about what theater art can do for society, and become, in society

    Qualities
    A fertile imagination, a sense of fantasy, a strong sense of self, and a feel for the spiritual and ineffable, and An unmistakable gift for the theatrical and an aptitude for working in the theatre in collaborative situations.

    Reference/s
    De la Cruz, Edgardo Bengson. (2004). Directing for theater: A Personal Approach. Diliman, Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press.

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