" Now keep out of the way, Whitelaw": self-expression, agency, and directorial control in WB Yeats's and Samuel Beckett's Theatre
H Simpson - Comparative Drama, 2015 - muse.jhu.edu
William Butler Yeats and Samuel Beckett both frequently directed their own plays, and both
gained reputations as tyrannical directors. Each demanded a degree of control over their
productions that required their actors to surrender the contemporary ideal of selfexpressive,
self-motivated performance onstage; Beckett's particularly painstaking control over minute
details of performance have attained notoriety. Held in tension with this dictatorial command,
however, was their dependence on individual actors whom they relied upon to produce …
gained reputations as tyrannical directors. Each demanded a degree of control over their
productions that required their actors to surrender the contemporary ideal of selfexpressive,
self-motivated performance onstage; Beckett's particularly painstaking control over minute
details of performance have attained notoriety. Held in tension with this dictatorial command,
however, was their dependence on individual actors whom they relied upon to produce …
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William Butler Yeats and Samuel Beckett both frequently directed their own plays, and both
gained reputations as tyrannical directors. Each demanded a degree of control over their
productions that required their actors to surrender the contemporary ideal of selfexpressive,
self-motivated performance onstage; Beckett's particularly painstaking control over minute
details of performance have attained notoriety. Held in tension with this dictatorial command,
however, was their dependence on individual actors whom they relied upon to produce …
gained reputations as tyrannical directors. Each demanded a degree of control over their
productions that required their actors to surrender the contemporary ideal of selfexpressive,
self-motivated performance onstage; Beckett's particularly painstaking control over minute
details of performance have attained notoriety. Held in tension with this dictatorial command,
however, was their dependence on individual actors whom they relied upon to produce …