Theatre director

Rehearsal of "freak" in the Saratov Drama Theater. Left to right: Actor Vladimir Nazarov, director Yavor Gyrdev actor Igor Bagoley

A theatre director is a person overseeing the mounting of a theatre production.

Quotes:

• The director in the theatre: one who disturbs the rehearsals. (Pino Caruso)
• In a theatrical performance, the focal point – and the goal at all times – is to deprive the actor of dependence on his director, because the director is useless once the curtain rises. (Sydney Pollack)

See also

• Director
• Theatre