Theater: Stagecraft, Lighting and Technical

How does a designer harness something as elusive as the human imagination to create a set that will complement and enhance a dramatic production? What steps are involved in making the jump from a script's text to an engaging imaginative stage?

In "From Page to Stage," author Rosemary Ingham explores the relationships between text analysis, imagination, and creation. Heavily illustrated with striking examples...

Newly revised and updated, The Costume Designer's Handbook is now more comprehensive than ever and is the backbone of any costume designer's library since its original publication in 1983.

Containing 280 illustrations, this process-oriented text in workbook format is structured to function as the fundamental step in the education of theatre technicians and drafters, as well as a reference for experienced drafters. The authors emphasize the integration of drafting skills with stagecraft applications--through a series of projects and practical experiences that further help the student in the development of research skills. Plastic comb binding. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc.

Explores the relationships among text analysis, imagination, and creation. Offers practical advice for reading and understanding playscripts and a clear, detailed method for identifying, collecting, and organizing script facts in order to move from text to theatrical event.

"Gillette presents a detailed, fully illustrated guide to theater craft. Stage equipment, tools and materials for building a set, techniques of scene painting, key considerations of lighting, multimedia projectors, theory and practice of costume design and makeup all of this and more is covered in a readable text...."Booklist

"Brockett, Mitchell, and Hardberger assembled the research ... of...historians and theater practitioners and more than 450 color and black-and-white images. These materials vividly illustrate rich, diverse scenic design and painting traditions from ancient Greece to the 21st century. The authors share forgotten techniques and materials, innovations in perspective-based representation, paradigmatic transitions in aesthetic philosophy, and social conventions that affect theatrical presentation. " R. A. Naversen Choice

"Carver (an award-winning theater and lighting designer) brings her substantial experience to bear in a book geared toward those considering becoming theater technicians. Similar in scope and content to J. Michael Gillette's Theatrical Design and Production (1987, now in its sixth edition), this text offers numerous full-color photos accurately depicting the process of theatrical production in all areas, from scenic production through makeup application. In guiding the reader through the practice of theatrical craft, Carver's use of a designers' voice helps one understand the designers' vision but still keep in mind the designer's role as craftsperson. M. Varns Choice