ABSTRACT
Artistic companies were the first organizations to allow observation of work activities. The advantages of rehearsals for the purposes of researching commands soon became apparent. First, the companies studied had formal hierarchies in which command and compliance were routine. Secondly, rehearsals involved frequent interactions between director and actors, especially in the early and middle stages. Thirdly, rehearsals, and hence interactions, occurred in single rooms. Finally, perhaps because performing artists are accustomed to being observed, two of the companies allowed videoing. No studies of command in artistic rehearsals were located in the literature. Scattered anecdotal descriptions are to be found in biographies of directors and 'how-to' manuals. Projects are chosen for a full year by the Artistic Director and the Resident Director, and the Production Manager must then execute this artistic design within a budget. Following the Artistic Director's departure, the Resident Director set the standards of success by which actors would be judged and to which they should aspire.
