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bullet Posted: 9/19/07 at 10:43am

A Sense Of Direction by William Ball is a good overview if you're totally new to directing. It's very informal. After that I'd probably read On Directing which has been mentioned.

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"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath.

It will prepare you for your slow descent into depression, madness and suicide.
 
 
Okay Topper - this made me laugh out loud and has co-workers wondering what i am doing.
 
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he best book I have read is Jon Jory's TIPS FOR DIRECTING (or is it TIPS FOR DIRECTORS)  Something like that.  It is what it says it is.  Just a book full of tips on everything from casting, to pacing to differing styles of comedy to dealing with the difficult actor......it's very, very practical and I highly recommend it.
 
 
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Hey bernster...SWEET!
 
Being a huge fan of The Short Form, and specifically the ten-minute play format, I do love me some Jon Jory!  The guy is brilliant and I had no idea he wrote a book on directing.  I'm all over it!
 
For the somewhat advanced director looking for ways to communicate more effectively with (and get more out of) actors, I recommend Michael Shurtleff's AUDITION.  A little out of left field, I know, considering not only is it not a book about directing, it's not even a book about acting!  It's a book about auditioning!  But I've found it immeasurably helpful in both preparing a role (when I tread the boards myself) and as a director (which I do much more frequently these days).
 
Tools to help your actors (and you) find the gold on the pages.  Wrap your mind around concepts like Moment Before and Opposites and Mystery and Secret (and ALL the other Guideposts) and you've got a whole new vocabulary with which to steer your cast.
 
And buy the Jon Jory book.  As I said, I haven't read it...but I'm not going to let a small detail like that stop me from recommending it!  Smile
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The Fundamentals of Play Directing by Dean & Carra
A Director Prepares by Stanley Glenn
Backwards and Forwards by David Ball

The first two I have found extremely useful for establishing a foundation in the technical process of running rehearsals and blocking the play. The last book Backwards and Forwards is a great book that teaches the importance of fully examining the text of the play.
We must always work as though the show will never close.
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