Directors save face after shattered cast acts (6,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
treads the boards
'acts' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'directors save face after shattered cast' is the wordplay.
'directors' becomes 'board' (board of directors).
'face' suggests taking the first letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cast' is an anagram indicator (letters are dispersed or cast around).
The first letter of 'save' is 's'.
'shattered' is an anagram of 'treadsthe'.
'board'+'s'='boards'
'boards' put after 'treadsthe' is 'TREADS THE BOARDS'.
Can you help me to learn more?