One approach to directing, called the auteur approach, places less emphasis:

One approach to directing, called the auteur approach, places less emphasis:
 
  a. on the written play, allowing for reshaping as the director sees fit.
 b. on production and more emphasis on the process, so that a play may never be performed for a live audience.
 c. on the written play, reshaping it as the director sees fit AND on production and more emphasis on the process, so that a play may never be performed for a live audience.
 d. NEITHER on the written play, reshaping it as the director sees fit, NOR on production and more emphasis on the process, so that a play may never be performed for a live audience.