DRM100Y1 Lecture 19: The Director
8 Jul 2016
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History of direction: emerges only in the last few centuries or so, greek theatre likely employed the playwright as director. But we"re not really sure: medieval theatre had a handful of people. Keeper of the register manages the script; sfx goy, pageant master produces: renaissance theatre: playwrights again probably responsible. Shakespeare did, so did moli re sort of: actor-manager: good actor forms company around themselves, then this person typically choses plays, casts and stages them, and stars, director emerges circa late 1800s. Demand for unity in arts, a la gesamtkunstwerk. Director must know how to do, but does not do, directing his only job. Details that whatever; three-walled room, i. e. a really real room: an actual duck on the stage, e. g. duke of saxe-meiningen pioneered this position in part. Starts a theatre company, hires actors: company dedicated to classic plays, and important new plays. Hires a guy to oversee productions and make sure his ideas put into practice.
