Module Identifier DR22910  
Module Title AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DIRECTING  
Academic Year 2000/2001  
Co-ordinator Mr Richard Cheshire  
Semester Semester 2  
Other staff Mr David Kendell  
Pre-Requisite DR10120 , DR10220 , DR10320  
Course delivery Lecture   10 Hours 10 x 1 hour  
  Seminars / Tutorials   5 Hours 5 x 2 hours  
Assessment Essay   2,500 words   50%  
  Practical exercise   Assessment of practical work   50%  

Brief description
This module aims to further students' understanding of the required skills, decisions and range of possibilities open to a director when interpreting a text for performance, and to provide opportunities to practice these skills under supervision. The module hopes to enhance students' perception of how the director might read a play and interpret a text for performance. Lectures and seminars will concentrate on how the director might form his or her conception of the play and how the technical and design elements might be organised to communicate this conception to an audience. The relationship between the director and the designer will be discussed and practical sessions will be organised during which the students will work on scenes from selected texts chosen from different periods.