Batdorf, Erika2017-07-272017-07-272017-04-102017-07-27http://hdl.handle.net/10315/33582What does it mean for a theatre production to have soul or spirit? What choices can the director make, starting from the conceiving process, to encourage a production to find spirit? How do these choices factor into the questions around the theatre director as creative or interpretive artist? In directing August Strindbergs A Dream Play, I intend to answer these questions. This paper looks at how August Strindberg crafted poetic autobiography into A Dream Play, and proposes a similar conceiving process for the director. The research is then followed by selected journal entries from the rehearsal process.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Fine artsElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2017-07-27A dream playAugust StrindbergStrindbergTheatreProcessDirectingDirectorActive imaginationJungAutobiographyPoetic autobiographyKatie MitchellCreationDisenchantmentEnchantmentUnconsciousDanteDivine ComedyInfernoPurgatorioParadisoDreamsDreamerArtaudAuteur