Stage Director’s Interpretation of a Foreign Text as a Professional Communication Skill

The article dwells on teaching skills of interpreting a foreign language text to future stage directors. Considering the specifics of professional training in a Drama School, the author looks at the possibility of applying integrative-context approach based on the integration of professional and foreign language contexts in experimental stagecraft laboratory. The focus is on the text-interpretation stage, including the acquisition of language means to be used at the oral communication stage. Particular attention is given to the skills of frame analysis aimed at formulating the stage director’s conception in a foreign language.