Directors in Rehearsal: A Hidden World

Abstract

Acknowledgements Preface 1. A Hidden World 2. Elinor Renfield Directs Cherry Orchard: You can observe a lot by watching 3. Maria Irene Fornes Directs Uncle Vanya and Abingdon Square: To Be Quiet on the Stage 4. Emily Mann Directs Execution of Justice: Take it all in: A Collective Witnessing 5. JoAnne Akalaitis Directs Voyage of the Beagle: Quiet, boys. I'll direct this 6. Elizabeth LeCompte Directs Frank Dell's Temptation of Saint Antony: Invisible Director: Creating in Company 7. Richard Foreman Directs Birth of the Poet: A Reverberation Box 8. Robert Wilson Directs Golden Windows and Hamletmachine: get in a position what else is there 9. Liviu Ciulei Directs Hamlet: speaks. It isn't an empty gesture. It isn't a furniture movement 10. Peter Sellars Directs Two Figures in Dense Violet Light: The image is unshakable 11. Lee Breuer Directs Warrior Ant: You move from one to another, bringing them to life 12. Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index