Posts

Showing posts from April, 2013

Can a Director Own an Idea?

Howlround just brought to light Timothy Douglas' plight of having directed his original idea, an all black cast in a traditionally white play by Horton Foote, and the production that is up now on Broadway, that has taken that idea without crediting him at all. This is complicated. And painful, and a really difficult part of being a director. Can a director own an idea? Not legally, until it's really specific. But how do we protect ourselves? Maybe we can't. Maybe this is just another complicated part of the profession. What do you think? http://www.howlround.com/the-not-so-bountiful-trip-to-broadway