Theatre Craft: A Director's Practical Companion from A-Z

by John Caird

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, honorary associate director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, shares his profound knowledge and wealth of international experience to provide an invaluable companion for anyone creating any size of play, musical, or opera―from the back room of a bar to a full-scale production on Broadway. This is required reading for the modern theatre practitioner.

Genres: Theatre, Nonfiction

816 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2010

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprisingly readable and often witty, not qualities one expects in an encyclopedia format, and stocked with lots of good bits of advice for directors about how to work with the cast, the theater, and every member of the production team.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant writing on all aspects of the theatre. Recommended not only for practitioners, but for audiences as well. Much to learn here, even for people who believe they are "old hands".