Reading note: Director and Critics

Theatre , Eight Edition,  Robert Cohen

Chapter 15, 16

Director functions:

• Vision and Leadership
• Play selection
• Conceptualizing (Core Concept and High Concept((highly unexpected insights into familiar plays)) )
• Designer Selection, Collaboration
• Casting
• Implementation (Staging)
• Actor Coaching
• Pacing

The Critic:

• Perspectives:
• Social Significance
• Human Significance
• Artistic Quality
• Relationship to the Theatre itself
• Entertainment Value