Mis-Directing the Play: An Argument Against Contemporary Theatre

Mis-Directing the Play: An Argument Against Contemporary Theatre by McCabe, Terry. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781566633536.

Arguing for a radical reorganization of the stage directors view of his role, Terry McCabe challenges the notion that a play is the directors vehicle for self-expression. The idea of the director as centerpiece of the theatre, he declares, distorts plays and oppresses the actors. Mr. McCabe explores what it means to direct a play when directing is properly understood as a process of self-effacement and faithfulness to the playwrights vision. An eminently sensible polemic delivered with cogent examples and equally cogent arguments. -Nicholas Rudall. A call to responsibility and-dare I say it?-adulthood. It is also the fuel for what could be some constructive arguments among colleagues. -Jeffrey Sweet