Gaskill,who was Royal Court artistic director at a time that was rich, bloody and embattled, and helped to hasten the demise of stage censorship in Britain William (“Bill” to everyone in the theatre) Gaskill was a powerful director and teacher. He was a product of the Royal Court who went on to work at the National and the RSC and his trademarks were precision,elegance and clarity of focus. I’d recommend all young directors to read Gaskill’s slim memoir, A Sense of Direction in which he scorns fashionable notions approximately creative auteurs and says: “I believe every play has an identity that it is the director’s job to reveal.” Related: William Gaskill obituary Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com