The Stage Director-s Prompt Book is a step-by-step, detailed guide on how to create a practical and powerful rehearsal and performance tool-the director-s prompt book.
A prompt book is a coordinating and organizational tool for the stage director. This book systematizes the creative process the director uses to analyze and interpret a play and coordinates all director-related rehearsal and production activities into a single, self-contained interpretive and organizational system. This book guides the director through the necessary steps and stages of creating and using a prompt book-from play analysis and interpretation, through the formation of a dynamic and theatrical director-s vision, to a unique method of physicalizing a play in production. A prompt book of a one-act play is included in the book as a complete example of the system. Such techniques as redlining, color coding and creating a three-column left-hand page are vividly illustrated for readers, allowing t
