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Working Together in Theatre: Collaboration and Leadership

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Robert Cohen draws on fifty years of acting, directing and teaching experience in order to illustrate how the world's great theatre artists combine collaboration with leadership at all levels, from a production's conception to its final performance. The book provides the techniques, exercises and language that promote collaborative skills.

Working collaboratively is vital to successful theatre making. This readable and practical guide, written by leading author Robert Cohen, provides advice on how successful collaboration can be achieved. Exploring collaboration between a range of theatre artists from Directors to Designers, from Actors to Dramaturgs, Cohen draws on a wide-range of historical context and examples from contemporary professional practice.

Part One is introductory, providing a general overview of the relationship of collaboration and leadership in the theatre and the first rule of theatrical collaboration. Part Two divides theatrical collaboration into four overlapping stages and discusses the means of achieving effective communication at every level.

With activities for classroom use, this book will be essential reading for Theatre students and professionals.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: December 15, 2010

ISBN: 023023982X

ISBN 13: 9780230239821

Working Together in Theatre: Collaboration and Leadership

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Robert Cohen draws on fifty years of acting, directing and teaching experience in order to illustrate how the world's great theatre artists combine collaboration with leadership at all levels, from a production's conception to its final performance. The book provides the techniques, exercises and language that promote collaborative skills.

Working collaboratively is vital to successful theatre making. This readable and practical guide, written by leading author Robert Cohen, provides advice on how successful collaboration can be achieved. Exploring collaboration between a range of theatre artists from Directors to Designers, from Actors to Dramaturgs, Cohen draws on a wide-range of historical context and examples from contemporary professional practice.

Part One is introductory, providing a general overview of the relationship of collaboration and leadership in the theatre and the first rule of theatrical collaboration. Part Two divides theatrical collaboration into four overlapping stages and discusses the means of achieving effective communication at every level.

With activities for classroom use, this book will be essential reading for Theatre students and professionals.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: December 15, 2010

ISBN: 023023982X

ISBN 13: 9780230239821

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