Directing Shakespeare in America: Current Practices

In this first substantive study of directing Shakespeare in the USA, Charles Ney compares and contrasts directors working at major companies across the country. Because of the complexities of directing Shakespeare for audiences today, a director's methods, values and biases are more readily perceptible in their work on Shakespeare than in more contemporary work. Directors disclose their interpretation of the text, their management of the various stages of production, how they go about supervising rehearsals and share tactics. This book will be useful to students wanting to develop skills, practitioners who want to learn from what other directors are doing, and scholars and students studying production practice and performance.

Author: Charles Ney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02/25/2016
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781474239837
ISBN10: 1474239838
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Shakespeare
- Drama | Shakespeare
- Performing Arts | Theater | Direction & Production

About the Author
Charles Ney is a professor and Head of Directing in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University, USA. He has been artistic director at Manhattan Clearing House Contemporary Performing Arts Center, Idaho Repertory Theatre and Mary Moody Northen Theatre. Other directing credits include New York City's Working Man's Clothes Theatre, the Kennedy Center, Illinois Shakespeare Festival and Texas Shakespeare Festival.