This title in the 'Routledge Performance Practitioners' series is an introductory guide to the theory and practice of the English theatre director Joan Littlewood.
This book offers an essential guide to the complex and contradictory nature of this master of theatre, Konstantin Stanislavsky.
Michael Chekhov was Stanislavsky's star student and a master acting teacher. Exiled from Soviet Russia, he made his way to England and then to the United States, spending his last years as an actor and acting teacher in Hollywood. Along the way he introduced countless students t…
Overview of many of the key directors working in European theatre over the past fifty years. Account of the vast range of work undertaken in European theatre during this period, situated lucidly in its artistic, cultural and political context. Detailed guide to the generation of…
Examining the work of theatre directors in the 'New Europe', this collection of profiles sets out the historical and aesthetic context for these directors' work. It features seven interviews with selected directors on their work and roles within the European cultural landscape.