ABSTRACT
The work of the director in the theatre is sometimes exaggerated, sometimes disparaged, but it is on the director’s work that the theatre producer or manager still depends to make as sure as possible that a play is
going to be a success. He also depends of course on the star actor; but he does not depend on the actor at the expense of the director. A theatrical production needs the director’s talent, his personality, his imagination, his power of attraction, his authority over the actors and all the other people who collaborate in the show. It needs the confi dence which he can inspire. The director is the centre of the organisation, he is the link connecting together all the elements which are involved in a modern production and which being more specialised than ever before, have a tendency to fall apart. He stands for unity, he is the guarantee of intelligence, of effi ciency, of quality. I am a director myself!
