International Theatre Conference: Directing and Authorship in Western Drama Panel
Three
Dr. A.D. Francis, U of Windsor |
The appreciation
of art is forever individually subjective. A play that is conscientiously
conceived and well-written will always be capable of more than one valid
interpretation. Because a director's craft engages far more spectacularly
poetic tangibles than are available to the playwright, there is a virtually
unlimited number of approaches to the onstage representation of a playwright's
intention(s). Each director brings to a written play an artistic individuality
of vision that cannot be adequately duplicated by another director. In
my paper I will offer only the process by which I, as director, ascertain
the intention(s) of a playwright. |