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| "This book is a gem — witty and full of insight. It should be compulsory reading for every aspiring director." |
| — Dame Judi Dench |
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| "This book is so sensible, so straightforward, so complete, and so 'right' that somebody might think it was not serious. They would be wrong." |
| — Playwright Edward Albee |
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| "The next best thing to working with Frank Hauser is to read his book. His wise and pithy observations on acting and rehearsing don't age, reminding me how much I have learned from him." |
| — Sir Ian McKellen |
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| "Excellent book—I've dipped everywhere, always with profit and pleasure. Very attractive book, too." |
| — Playwright Tom Stoppard |
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| "...if you need a practical manual of the craft, this book should be by your side." |
— Sir Richard Eyre
Former Artistic Director
Britain's Royal National Theatre |
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| "Shamelessly dogmatic and practical, this book offers the serious, time-tested elements of craft that are readily applied yet too often neglected. It's bold, audacious and refreshing. Don't go to rehearsal without it." |
| — Director Moises Kaufman |
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| "This book is full of wonderful insights, expressed in a simple and straightforward way. It would benefit anyone interested in directing." |
— Director Jerry Zaks
Multiple Tony Award Winner |
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| "A slim, quotable classic." |
— Actress Rosemary Harris
Academy Award Nominee |
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| "This book is filled with smart, useful, thoughtful advice, born of years of service to an elusive craft. How rare it is for two of our own to talk so shrewdly, candidly and succinctly about the process of making a production. I learned a lot from this remarkably straightforward book, and I debated with it. It is invaluable." |
| — Director Mark Lamos |
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| "Chock full of good advice." |
— Director Marshall Mason
Five-time Tony Award Nominee |
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| "The fundamentals of theatre that no director or actor can afford to ignore." |
| — Actor Rupert Graves |
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| "It's a testament to the value of these modestly titled Notes that they go far beyond their wonderful applicability to the staging of a play or the creation of a film. This book will be a delightful read for nearly anybody, filled as it is with humor and life lessons, and the priceless insight of two keen observers of human behavior." |
— Scenic Designer Robin Wagner
Multiple Tony Award Winner |
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Read What the Critics are Saying...
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| "Blunt, funny, utterly relevant, amazingly illuminating. I've never read anything that taught me more about the theater in so short a space...deserves to earn at least a million dollars, if not a Nobel Peace Prize." |
| — Terry Teachout, Drama Critic THE WALL STREET JOURNAL |
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| "...At last! A book [that] doesn't have to be big to be beautiful or weighty to be significant... a publication that is likely to find itself in very many directors' essential reading lists. Whatever situation you find yourself in, this little gem of wisdom will certainly put you back on the right track or, indeed, give you the answer. " |
| — UK THEATRE WEB |
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| "...an indispensable resource...a straightforward glimpse into the art of playmaking. But it also lets actors in on what is expected of them and how they can more effectively take direction, by giving them insights into what the director thinks and sees... If you don't know what the director is getting at with a particular note, if you don't know the importance of thanking the stage manager, if you don't know how to recreate that hilarious bit of business after opening night, then this is the book for you." |
| — BACKSTAGE magazine |
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| "Anyone looking for wise 'common folk' knowledge that the directing textbooks do not include will want to pick up this work, the most sensible and practical work on directing on the bookshelf. One cannot help but ask, 'Why didn't I think of that?' or 'Where was this book when I started my career?' This book has such wonderful insights it will benefit anyone interested in directing or play going in general. Summing up: Essential.... " |
| — CHOICE magazine |
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| "...highly useful...thoroughly enjoyable and a thought-provoking look at the directing process... Equally insightful for directors and actors, whether experienced or novice, this slim volume is essential for all performing arts / theater collections." |
— LIBRARY JOURNAL
in a starred review |
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| "Libraries and bookshops are full of tomes on stage and film direction, but none are quite like Notes on Directing... provocative... witty... refreshing... The authors are erudite but never pretentious; their shared point of view is supremely humane; their prose has a lucidity, even elegance, that is unknown among contemporary American how-to books... " |
| — THEATREMANIA |
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| "...like sitting down for sherry with a slightly dotty, rather wicked and very droll Oxford don...ironic, frequently temperamental, occasionally acid-tongued, and utterly incapable of suffering fools. Sophisticated...terrific...full of surprising interests and quirky delights.... " |
| — AMERICAN THEATRE |
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Business articles
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Harvard Business Review, 15 July 2010 – A Great Boss is Confident, But Not
Really Sure by Robert I. Sutton, PhD |
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| Psychology Today, 26 August 2010 – My Favorite Books for Bosses by Robert I. Sutton, PhD |
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| Fast Company, 23 August 2010 –My Favorite Books for Bosses by Robert I. Sutton, PhD |
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| The Sunday TIMES, 6 December 2009 – Making a drama out of a business: Directing a play could raise standards of leadership in a company by Kasmira Jefford |
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| The Portfolio Javelin, 11 March 2009 – 3 of the best books on leadership by Jack Covert and Todd Satterstein |
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| BBC, 29 November 2009 – Can Shakespeare teach business leadership? by Kabir Chibber |
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| 800CEOREAD, 9 October 2008 – Jack Covert Selects Notes on Directing by Jack Covert |
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