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Chapter Five explores the role of the director and the director's collaborators.
After reading this chapter you should:
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| 1. Understand the role the director plays in coordinating the entire artistic side of the production. |
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| 2. Be familiar with the profile of the historical evolution of the director beginning with Aeschylus. |
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| 3. Understand the importance of the emergence of the "auteur director" in the twentieth century. |
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| 4. Know that the director needs to understand dramatic purpose and dramatic structure so that the director may guide the performers in making the text come alive. |
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| 5. Understand the steps the director takes while preparing a production for performance. |
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| 6. Be aware that there are a number of collaborators behind the scenes whom are responsible for coordinating the business and management elements of the production. |
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| 7. Understand the differences among commercial, noncommercial, and nonprofit theaters. |