The theater director and the scenic event: Lloyd Richards’ case
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This article analyzes the rehearsal process of Caribbean-Canadian-American director Lloyd Richards (1919-2006), drawing on original interviews conducted with Richards’ artistic colleagues from all periods of his directing career, to show the importance of Richards’ direction in transforming the narrative events of August Wilson’s plays into living stage events through a masterful use of the tropes of black American Signifying. Some of the artists interviewed are: Dwight Andrews, Stephen Henderson, Thomas Richards, Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Michele Shay, and others.
- Black aesthetics
- black theatre movement
- blues aesthetics
- call and response
- Dutton (Charles S.)
- event
- Richards (Lloyd)
- Richards (Thomas)
- repetition and revision
- rhythm
- ritual
- Schultz (Michael)
- Shay (Michele)
- Signifying
- theatre
- theatre direct
Dixon, E. (2016). The theater director and the scenic event: Lloyd Richards’ case. NEXUS, (20), 104–133. https://doi.org/10.25100/nc.v0i20.1837
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