{"product_id":"directors-designers-9781841502892","title":"Directors \u0026 Designers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectors and Designers \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the practice of scenography—the creation of perspective in the design and painting of stage scenery—and offers new insight into the working relationships of the people responsible for these theatrical transformations. With contributions from leading practitioners and theorists, editor Christine White describes the way in which the roles of director and designer have developed over time. Featuring chapters on theater and site-specific performance, theatrical communication and aesthetics, and the cognitive reception of design by the audience, this volume provides a valuable resource on current approaches to scenography for professionals and students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: SETTING THE SCENE \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Back and Forth to Russia: Scenography as an Academic Study from Moscow 1994–St Petersburg 2004 – Christine White\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: PERFORMING PARTNERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Hand in Glove: The Designer as Director as Designer – Charles Erven\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Political Performing Partners: Director Lee Strasberg, Scene Designer Mordecai Gorelik, Playwright John Howard Lawson and the Group Theatre – Anne Fletcher\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Director, the Designer and the Ghost\/Creative Team in Site-Specific Performance Practice – Kathleen Irwin\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Director Petr Lébl and Designer William Nowák: To a Man – Vera Velemanová\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Organics of the Rehearsal Room: Contemporary Directing Practice and the Director–Designer Relationship – Alison Oddey\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Collaborative Models: Mielziner, Williams and Kazan – Julia Listengarten\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Problematics of Theatrical Negotiations: Directing, Scenography and State Ideology – Julia Listengarten\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Methodological Practices for Directing and Designing – Christine White\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Digital Platform as a Communication Tool – Adele Keeley\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: METAPHORS, METATHEATRE \u0026amp; METHODOLOGIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Seductive Scene or Reclaiming Spectacle – Christine White\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Metatheatre: A Discourse on Contemporary Staging – Ewa Waçhocka\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: A Metaphorical Mise-en-Scène: Elia Kazan and Max Gorelik at The Group Theatre – Scott Dahl\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Ideational Conflict and Resolution in the Design Process: Positive Outcomes from Negative Relationships – Harry Feiner\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Design as Action: Jean Cocteau and the Ballets Russes – Gregory Sporton\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: POSTSCRIPT TO THE DIRECTOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: From Hamlet with Love: A Letter to the Other – Lilja Blumenfeld\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042921677143,"sku":"9781841502892","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841502892.jpg?v=1750956232","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/directors-designers-9781841502892","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}