The Great European Stage Directors Volume 3

The Great European Stage Directors Volume 3 by Jonathan Pitches

This volume examines the work of directors Jacques Copeau, Theodore Komisarjevsky and Tyrone Guthrie. It explores in detail many of the directors’ key productions, including Copeau’s staging of Molière’s The Tricks of Scapin, Komisarjevsky’s signature season of Chekhov plays at the Barnes Theatre and Guthrie’s pioneering direction of Shakespeare’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.

Jonathan Pitches is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds, UK.

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ISBN 13	9781350445796
ISBN 10	1350445797
Title	The Great European Stage Directors Volume 3
Author	Jonathan Pitches
Series	Great Stage Directors
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2024-04-18
Number of pages	216
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