THEATRE TOPICS 

Directing for the Theatre 

The director is simply the audience. . . . His job is to preside over accidents.  Orson Welles 

Organizations

• Directors Guild of America (film)

• Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers 

• The Non-Traditional Casting Project (NTCP)

Directing Techniques and Resources

• Bebra Bruch's decription of the duties and process of directors/directing 

• Oregon State University Manual for Students Directing Lab Productions - A great resource for university programs looking to produce such operations manuals of their own

• Tongue Twister Database  

Resources on Specific Directors

• Berkoff, Steven

  • Official Berkoff Site

  • Berkoff Film/Video Credits

  • Berkoff Website 
    

• Boal, Augusto

  • Short Discussion of Boal's Work 
    

• Brook, Peter

  • Peter Brook: Biography.com

  • Encarta Encyclopedia Article on Peter Brook

  • Peter Brook, Film/video credits

  • Encyclopedia.com article on Brook, Peter

  • MAHABHARATA

  • Peter Brook and Traditional Thought by Basarab Nicolescu

  • Notes From a Lecture by Peter Brook - Very nice transcription 
    

• Bulgakov

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• Craig, Gordon

  • Gordon Craig 
    

• Jerzy Grotowski

  • Lengthy scholarly biography of Grotowski

  • Grotowski Resources on the Web - Includes lots of additional link
    

• Hall, Sir Peter

  • Filmography
    

• Kazan

  • Kazan Bio in Swedish

  • Kazan Filmography
    
    

• Lepage, Robert

  • From The Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre

  • Biography in French
    

• Logan, Joshua

  • Joshua Logan Collection at the Library of Congress. Includes a nice chronology
    

• Meyerhold

  • Meyerhold Museum

  • Meyerhold Website 

  • Meyerhold Timeline - Extensive!
    

• Trevor Nunn

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• Anatoli Smeliansky

  • Notes on a lecture by Anatoli Smeliansky
    

• Spolin, Viola

  • Viola Spolin Bio  
    

• Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre

  • Stanislavski article 

  • Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky - PDF file

  • Moscow Art Theatre Home Page - In Russian

  • Short Bio from PBS 

  • Theatre Arts Magazine article on the MAT from 1917 - Great reading!
  • Moscow Art Theatre Official Site - In Russian
  • Short Historical Overview
    

• Suzuki

  • Frank Theatre - Australian company working in the Suzuki Idiom.

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