Director's book

The external processes of a theatrical performance (mostly drama or opera ) are drawn in a director's book, i.e. appearances and departures of figures, positions of figures, position of props , uses for lighting changes , transformations , stage music and stage technology . The director's book is kept by the assistant director and serves as a memory aid during rehearsals, to supervise a series of performances, for cast changes and revivals .

A director's book contains the printed or duplicated text of the play (in music theater the piano reduction ), which is located on the left-hand side ("shot through copy "). The right unprinted side is used for the instructions for light, sound and direction; a separate white sheet per scene for the handwritten entries and sketches during rehearsals.

In the 19th century, director's books were also printed to enable smaller theaters to reproduce the premiere as precisely as possible. Today this is only common in musicals .

literature

• Arnold Jacobshagen (Hrsg.): Practice music theater. A manual, Laaber: Laaber-Verlag 2002, pp. 332–333, ISBN 3890075126