Stagecraft for Nonprofessionals

by Frederick A. Buerki, Susan J. Christensen (Revised by)

Overview

As the nonprofessional theatre continues to grow in popularity, its technology expands at a dizzying rate, presenting exciting new opportunities and challenges for all nonprofessional theatre craftsmen. This new edition of a stage manager’s old friend takes into account many aspects of the new theatre technology, insuring the book’s lasting place in college, high school, and community theatres everywhere. It is a book more likely to be found backstage on a stepladder than on a library shelf, and this is exactly what the author has intended. The emphasis is on simplicity, economy, and practicability. It is a book that can help now to put any play into production.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299093532
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	05/06/1983
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Key to Parts of the Stage Preface to Revised Edition Preface to First Edition The Theatre and the Stage 1. The Parts of the Stage 2. Scene Design and Setting 3. Stage Settings 4. Flats and Set Pieces 5. Stairs and Platforms 6. Doors and Windows 7. Properties and Sound Effects 8. Scene Painting 9. Stage Lighting Glossary of Stage Terms Additional Reading Index