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| re: an actual baffling misstep.../ MY vision of WSS or TINY ALICE etc | |
| Posted by: bmc 11:41 am EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: an actual baffling misstep... - Chromolume 11:28 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| Edward Albee ran across in interview( I think) about \someone who said I'm looking forward to bringing MY vision of TINY ALICE to the stage. Albee replied TINY ALICE is my play, if you have a vision, write yer own dem play(or something like that' ), I Remembered being shocked when a director/dramaturg wrote about their vision for THE GERSHWIN'S PORGY &(sic) Bess, and i was relieved when SJS put his two cents in in the next Sunday times. It's one thing to have a new vision for MACBETH and another to have a new vision of someone else's play, where the copyright has yet to expire. . |
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| re: an actual baffling misstep.../ MY vision of WSS or TINY ALICE etc | |
| Posted by: writerkev 05:37 am EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: re: an actual baffling misstep.../ MY vision of WSS or TINY ALICE etc - bmc 11:41 am EST 12/30/21 | |
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| Maybe we’re talking semantics, but every director has a vision for a play. They must. That’s what they offer as interpretive artists. If no vision, then what? | |
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| re: an actual baffling misstep.../ MY vision of WSS or TINY ALICE etc | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 02:16 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: re: an actual baffling misstep.../ MY vision of WSS or TINY ALICE etc - writerkev 05:37 am EST 12/31/21 | |
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| I'm not sure this is true when you're not directing the original. Many directors (and producers) seem to think that a vision that is *new* or *alternative* is the reason to mount the play, rather than the play itself. Especially with a non-musical, a lot of times the play just needs a director who wants to direct the play, not impose their own "vision" on it. Obviously you always want to be able to see how the play will look and play, and why it would look that way or be staged that way, you want a cohesive vision for it as a whole, serving the text, and you need to execute that. But that's not the same as what is often meant by a director's "vision", so I understand Albee's sentiments. |
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| re: an actual baffling misstep.../ MY vision of WSS or TINY ALICE etc | |
| Posted by: StanS 05:55 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: re: an actual baffling misstep.../ MY vision of WSS or TINY ALICE etc - Chazwaza 02:16 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
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| Even if the director just wants to "direct the play", the written script cannot give everything. There are always choices to make, or all such productions would be the same. Those choices must come from a coherent "vision", or whatever word you want to use. | |
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