THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CREATIVITY AND GENIUS: REFLECTIONS ON SHAKESPEARE THE DIRECTOR

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze Shakespeare as a director and the choices that he makes as a director. This is a qualitative research. The paper will use excerpts from A New Companion to Shakespeare Studies and Looking at Shakespeare. It will also incorporate a YouTube video by Dr. Andrew Bretz on Shakespeare as a good director. This research substantiates Shakespeare as a good director by executing artistic choices. It will also highlight the fact that Shakespeare as an Elizabethan playwright brings a newness of ideology in tragedy and theatre as he disregards the ideas set by ancient dramatists.So the paper explores Shakespeare’s brilliance as a director in the Elizabethan era.Moreover, Shakespeare propagates a new ideology regarding theatre by making eloquent choices as a director. This critical study is significant as it broadens the research horizons on Shakespeare.