Theatre Craft

''This book is written with such humour and common sense that I may have to carry it around with me all the time.'' JUDI DENCHA definitive guide to contemporary theatre practice from a world-renowned director.Theatre Craft is an all-encompassing practical guide for anyone working in the theatre from the enthusiastic amateur to the committed professional. With entries arranged alphabetically Theatre Craft offers advice on all areas of directing from Acting Adaptation and Accent to Sound Effects Superstition Trap Doors and Wardrobe.Enlightening and entertaining by turns the celebrated director John Caird shares his profound knowledge of the stage to provide an invaluable companion to anyone creating a play musical or opera. Whatever the theatre space - the backroom of a bar a studio theatre or the biggest stages of the West End or Broadway - this authoritative volume is an essential reference tool for the modern theatre practitioner.Internationally renowned theatre director John Caird has directed and adapted countless productions of plays operas and musicals for the Royal Shakespeare Company National Theatre in the West End and on Broadway - from Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby to Hamlet and Peter Pan.