The Director and The Stage (Performance Books)

"Edward Braun's excellent book is a highly readable, informative account of the many species of director that have sprouted in European theatre since the late 19th century."-John McGrath, Theatre Research International

Beginning with the triple impulses of naturalism, symbolism, and the grotesque, the bulk of the book concentrates on the most famous directors of this century-Stanislavski, Reinhardt, Graig, Meyerhold, Piscator, Brecht, Artuaud, and Grotowski. Braun's guide is more practical than theoretical, delineating how each director changed the tradition that came before him.