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A concise and practical guide for aspiring theatre directors, from a leading practitioner in Canadian theatre. Fundamentals of Directing is a distillation of Ric Knowles's twenty five years of experience as a director, teacher of directing, and dramaturge across Canada. Following the chronology of a play's rehearsal, the book moves through the various stages of the directorial process, from selecting a project through auditioning; working with designers, actors, and technicians; to coordinating the work of the full company through tech week to closing night. Also included are important appendices on the work of directors in devised theatre and new play development. With illustrations by Pat Flood.

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Ric Knowles is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph in Canada, editor of Canadian Theatre Review, and past editor of Modern Drama (1999–2005). He is author of The Theatre of Form and the Production of Meaning, Shakespeare and Canada, and Reading the Material Theatre, co-author (with the Cultural Memory Group) of Remembering Women Murdered by Men, editor of Theatre in Atlantic Canada, Judith Thompson, and The Masks of Judith Thompson, and co-editor (with Joanne Tompkins and W.B. Worthen) of Modern Drama: Defining the Field. He is General Editor of the book series Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theatre in English and New Essays on Canadian Theatre.

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