I am myself a director, and am planning to direct   My issue is not really whether directors should exist or not, but instead whether they are useful or not.  If they are useful, they should be utilised to the advantage of the play and the players, if they are not useful, they should be banned from going anywhere near an actor.

Directors can be useful.  It is good to have an intellectual in the room with do-ers, IF they are used to their strengths.  That’s not saying that actors can’t be intellectuals and I’m certainly not saying they aren’t intelligent, it’s just that most director’s backgrounds lend themselves better to the issues of interpretation and analysis.

I am myself a director, and am planning to direct   My issue is not really whether directors should exist or not, but instead whether they are useful or not.  If they are useful, they should be utilised to the advantage of the play and the players, if they are not useful, they should be banned from going anywhere near an actor.