The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue

The Dramatic Imagination is one of the few enduring works written about set design.
Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding of design - its role at the heart of theater - that has continued to inspire theater students. The volume includes "A New Kind of Drama," "To a Young Stage Designer" and six other of Jones's "reflections."

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The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue

The Dramatic Imagination is one of the few enduring works written about set design.
Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding of design - its role at the heart of theater - that has continued to inspire theater students. The volume includes "A New Kind of Drama," "To a Young Stage Designer" and six other of Jones's "reflections."

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The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue

The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue

by Robert Edmond Jones
The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue

The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue

by Robert Edmond Jones

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The Dramatic Imagination is one of the few enduring works written about set design.
Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding of design - its role at the heart of theater - that has continued to inspire theater students. The volume includes "A New Kind of Drama," "To a Young Stage Designer" and six other of Jones's "reflections."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781135470135
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/08/2004
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 172
File size: 288 KB

About the Author

The American scenic designer Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954) studied with Max Reinhardt and worked with Eugene O'Neill and other playwrights.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION by John Mason Brown 5
I. A NEW KIND OF DRAMA 15
II. ART IN THE THEATRE 23
III. THE THEATRE AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS 45
IV. TO A YOUNG STAGE DESIGNER 69
V. SOME THOUGHTS ON STAGE COSTUME 87
VI. LIGHT AND SHADOW IN THEATRE 111
VII. TOWARD A NEW STAGE 131
VIII. BEHIND THE SCENES

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