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THEATRE DIRECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theatre director mean? 

THEATRE DIRECTOR (noun)
  The noun THEATRE DIRECTOR has 1 sense:

1. someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a showplay

  Familiarity information: THEATRE DIRECTOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THEATRE DIRECTOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

director; theater director; theatre director

Hypernyms ("theatre director" is a kind of...):

supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theatre director"):

stage director (someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a stage show)

Instance hyponyms:

Granville-Barker; Harley Granville-Barker (English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946))

Elia Kazan; Elia Kazanjoglous; Kazan (United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003))

Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev; Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky; Konstantin Stanislavsky; Stanislavsky (Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938))


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