Directing Plays

by Don Taylor

This title examines and discusses the whole process of putting on a play in the theatre. The author looks at the emergence of the modern idea of the director and describes the three main types of director. Every aspect of producing a play is covered from selecting the play, preparation, holding auditions, working with designers and rehearsing with actors. In addition, it also looks at directing for television and radio.

201 pages, Paperback

First published January 24, 1997

About the author

Donald Victor Taylor was an English writer, director and producer, active across theatre, radio and television for over forty years. He is most noted for his television work, particularly his early 1960s collaborations with the playwright David Mercer, much of whose early work Taylor directed for the BBC. His most celebrated plays are The Exorcism (1972) and The Roses of Eyam (1973).