Being a huge fan of The Short Form, and specifically the ten-minute play format, I do love me some Jon Jory!  The guy is brilliant and I had no idea he wrote a book on directing.  I'm all over it!

 

For the somewhat advanced director looking for ways to communicate more effectively with (and get more out of) actors, I recommend Michael Shurtleff's AUDITION.  A little out of left field, I know, considering not only is it not a book about directing, it's not even a book about acting!  It's a book about auditioning!  But I've found it immeasurably helpful in both preparing a role (when I tread the boards myself) and as a director (which I do much more frequently these days).

 

Tools to help your actors (and you) find the gold on the pages.  Wrap your mind around concepts like Moment Before and Opposites and Mystery and Secret (and ALL the other Guideposts) and you've got a whole new vocabulary with which to steer your cast.

 

And buy the Jon Jory book.  As I said, I haven't read it...but I'm not going to let a small detail like that stop me from recommending it!