Twelfth Night Director's Playbook Author:William Shakespeare Designed for the prospective director or student of theater to provide ample resources in keeping track of all the different components that go into creating a successful theatrical production?with special sections for the Producer, Stage Manager, Auditions, entrances and exits, the budget, tips on creating an attractive playbill and program tha... more »t can serve for advertising and/or sponsorship, costumes, set designs. The heart of the book is created for storyboarding for each part of each scene, ample space to sketch or make notes that no one else will ever see. Organizing a team and a cast so that everyone feels that they are contributing, delegating important functions such as scheduling, spotting areas that need special attention. And at the heart of it, a script that modern actors can speak and listeners can understand. The Playbook series includes some of the best-loved of Shakespeare's plays, each with that masterful blending of the sublime with the ridiculous. Twelfth Night involves mistaken identity, cross-dressing, shipwrecked characters in a strange land, love at the heart of it, along with madcap pranks. Juicy roles for character actors, and dramatic leads as well.« less