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Book SynopsisThe Uncapturable is a wide-ranging reflection on the art of the
mise en scène from the perspective of leading Argentinian theatre director Rubén Szuchmacher. It offers a timely and concise, though comprehensive, survey of the role and responsibility of the theatre director from the earliest times to the twenty-first century. Szuchmacher defines theatre as the confluence of four art forms - architecture, visual art, sound and literature - whose works only truly exist in the moment of encounter with an audience. He argues that, by taking full account of these four art forms, analysing them in detail and engaging thoughtfully with the many specialists who come together to bring a
mise en scène into being, the director of today can still create work that innovates and inspires.
The Uncapturable is as valuable to the apprentice director emerging from their training as it is to the veteran in need of fresh reflection. Szuchmacher draws on the unique learnings glea
Trade ReviewFor over fifty years actor-director Rubén Szuchmacher has been one of the best kept secrets in Latin American theatre. Here, in his acclaimed first book, he provides a series of shrewd reflections on theatre and the ways in which its mysteries come into being in the presence of the audience. The poetics of space, the logic of time and the relationship between
mise en scène and direction are all explored with clarity and vigour.
The Uncapturable is an erudite, lively and highly readable book about the hows and the whys of theatre-making, drawing on Szuchmacher’s lived experience of training generations of actors, directors, teachers and programmers in Argentina. * Professor Maria Delgado, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Object and Action (1 & 2)
Part One The Arts in the Mise en Scène Architecture The Historical Features of Spaces The Shape of Space The Effective Space Visual Art The Awareness of the Eye The Visual and its Costs The Eye of the Beholder Sound Art How Long Does Something Last? Music Sound versus Noise Acoustic Sound and Amplified Sound Voices Literature Words Language The Hypothesis of Performance Texts to be Read and Texts to be Heard Text Analysis
Part Two The Place of the Director Who Directs? The Uncapturable (1 and 2) The Director’s Word Teamwork The Director and their Place as Spectator Danger in the Performing Arts Questions Simultaneity Art or Entertainment Tours and Transfers Actors at the Centre of the System The Arbitrary and the Law Friction Acknowledgements
