THE DIRECTOR'S SOLILOQUY AND THE DIRECTOR'S DOUBLE

Abstract

The training of a psychodrama director includes at least three aspects: acquisition of knowledge and information about human experience and the psychodramatic process; development of directing skills; and role training in the role of the director. Recognition of this latter aspect allows the psychodrama teacher to utilize psychodramatic techniques in the training process which might otherwise go overlooked. In this paper we describe the use of soliloquy and double techniques as we have used them in assisting the novice director expand his directorial role