| Description |
915 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The nature of the drama -- Special problems in drama -- Types of drama -- Styles of drama -- The theatre and its styles -- The elements of theatre -- The actor's art -- Acting and training of the actor / Lee Strasberg -- Supplementary training / Christine Edwards and Marian Rich -- Co-ordination in production -- The stage manager as co-ordinator / John Haggott -- Production procedures -- Directing the play: The complete procedure / Worthington Miner -- The principles of interpretation / Harold Clurman -- Form in production / Robert Lewis -- Designing the play / Mordecai Gorelik -- Lighting the play / A. Feder -- Make-up for the play / Kenneth Buckridge -- Costuming the play -- Means of progressive staging -- The technique of comedy direction / Alfred De Liagre Jr. -- Directing old and new poetic drama / Guthrie McClintic -- On directing Shakespeare / Margaret Webster -- Music in the theatre / Ronald Mitchell -- Dance in plays: Uses and types / George Beiswanger -- Musical entertainment -- The radio theatre -- The television theatre / Worthington Miner, et al. -- Theatre in industry / Richard Beckhard -- Simplified staging -- Arena production / Kelly Yeaton -- The non-commercial field -- Acting and the college theatre / Jerry Blunt -- School production / Carrie C. Dulakis and Emmie E. Hyams -- University theatre |
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The new scene technician's handbook: An introduction to scene and property construction -- Materials for scene and property construction -- Good practice in scene and property construction -- Determining strain in weight-bearing structures -- The problem of sound effects -- Methods of producing sound effects -- The fundamentals of scene painting -- Costuming the production -- Stage lighting for the technician -- Standard lighting equipment and its use -- Rigging and handling scenery on stage -- Good practice in rigging and handling scenery on stage, with a glossary of terms -- Simplified scenic methods / Norman Rock -- Stage production design / Mordi Gassner -- Sources of supply for theatre equipment |
| Notes |
Also published: San Francisco: Rhinehart, 1953 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 883-887) |
| Subject |
Theater -- Production and direction.
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Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery.
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| Author |
Barber, Philip W. (Philip Willson), 1903-1981.
New scene technician's handbook
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| LC no. |
52014799 |
| ISBN |
0030055652 |
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9780030055652 |
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