Mags, Theatre

Since my last post, I've read an issue of The Economist, an issue of Hello!Canada, an issue of Eclectic Reading, and an issue of OK Magazine. I've also watched a lot of movies, almost all of which were outstanding or unusual in some way: Vatel, Amazing Grace, There Will Be Blood, Requiem for a Dream, Leolo, The Reader, Million Dollar Baby, The Baroness and the Pig, and The Passion of the Christ.

I also read a number of books on the theatre: Anatoly Efros' Profession: Director, Wills' Directing in the Theatre, Berger's Playwright Versus Director and The Theatre Team, Taylor's Directing Plays, Delgado's In Contact with the Gods, Braun's Theatre Directing, Unwin's So You Want to be a Theatre Director?, Maccoy's extraordinary Essentials of Stage Management, Migliarisi's Directing and Authorship in Western Drama, Gloman's Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques, and Luckhurst's Dramaturgy. I have learned a great deal on the technical side, to be sure, and I now have the answer to many of my questions. I found some of the books irritating because they just reported conversations verbatim at festivals and such.