Great European Stage Directors Volume 1

This volume assesses the contributions of André Antoine Konstantin Stanislavski and Michel Saint-Denis whose work has influenced theatre and training for over a century. These directors pioneered Naturalism and refined Realism as they experimented with theatrical form including non-Realism. Antoine and Stanislavski's theatre direction proved foundational to the creation of the director's role and artistic vision and their influential ideas progressively developed through the stylized theatre of Saint-Denis to the innovative contemporary theatre direction of Max Stafford-Clark Declan Donnellan and Katie Mitchell.