{"product_id":"9781780010540","title":"So You Want To Be A Theatre Director?","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hands-on, step-by-step guide to directing plays – by one of Britain's leading theatre directors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen Unwin has worked with hundreds of different actors in a multiplicity of different venues. He is the ideal author of a 'how to' guide to directing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Unwin himself says: 'Directing plays is difficult. The aim of this book is to lay out what skills are needed, and to give some sense of how you might develop them. The emphasis is on the professional theatre, but the book is useful for directors in other contexts - amateur dramatics, university drama, school plays and so on. Directing is directing, wherever you do it.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting at the very beginning, Unwin takes us step by step through:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChoosing the play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCasting\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesign\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRehearsal - Establishing Facts, Improvisation, Language, Character, Blocking, Using Specialists and so on\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRunning the Play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePutting it on the Stage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOpening Night\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Filled with wise insights. Any budding director who reads it will learn much about the pitfalls and challenges he or she is likely to face but will also, I'm sure, catch some of Unwin's enthusiasm for what he describes as being, at times, 'the best job you can imagine' \u003cb\u003eAround the Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178149593328,"sku":"9781780010540","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780010540_p0.jpg?v=1763710829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780010540","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}