William Ball’s A Sense of Direction: Critical Response

Read the attached first 3 chapters of William Ball’s A Sense Of Direction. Write about 1000 words as a response to Ball’s three chapters by answering the following questions. How they might influence you as an emerging director? What do his thoughts mean to you? Do you agree with them – if so, why and if not, why not. Feel free to include any thoughts from your experience in any branch of psychology as your own mediation as an artist and director on what William Ball has to say. Also, he wrote in the 1980s – 40 years ago. How has the theatre and the world changed in relation to his writing – or how is it exactly the same? You can comment on any or all of these things.