The role of stage director is all encompassing: storyteller, interpreter, collaborator, people-manager, producer, visual artist, counsellor, literary consultant and creative artist. In this title 12 top international directors, including Deborah Warner, Robert Lepage and Trevor Nunn, reveal insights into contemporary theatre in specially commissioned interviews. Each has contributed unique visual material - sketches, notes and images from the rehearsal process, drawings of the set in progress and images from the final productions.