Authoring Performance : The Director in Contemporary Theatre Richard Delgado Kaplan traces the history of

Kaplan traces the history of the world's hot spots by examining their climates

But the true subject of Sun After Dark is the dislocations of the mind in transit

intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward

the "elvish" tongues Quenya and Sindarin

gained him a huge following in his own country and launched his worldwide literary reputation

Authoring Performance : The Director in Contemporary Theatre Richard Delgado Kaplan traces the history ofA historical, theoretical, and comparative study of the emergence of the director as author phenomenon, posing questions of authorship and redefining the relationship between 'playwright' and the director playwright.