Theatre Director

A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, an opera, a musical, or a devised piece of work) by unifying various endeavours and aspects of production. The director's function is to ensure the quality and completeness of theatre production and to lead the members of the creative team into realising their artistic vision for it. The director ... more

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  • Regisseur,
  • Stage Director,
  • Theatre direction,
  • Theatre director
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  • 1899
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