Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre

Now that directors such as Stephen Spielberg George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola are celebrated along-side movie stars it is hard to imagine that little more than a century ago the director was a nameless faceless entity-an overseer of workflow in the shuffle of shadows offstage.In surveying the pioneers who transformed theater into the dynamic art form it is today Directors on Directing presents a timeless collection of writings offering insight into what it means to direct and how to better appreciate theatrical performances.