An Arrangement of Reflectors for Stage Effects.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Arrangement of Reflectors for Stage Effects.
I, HECTOR NORMAN TENNENT, of No. 42, Duke Street, St. James', in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows : —
My invention has for its object to enhance the effects of dancing, posturing and
the like upon a stage by means of mirrors reflecting images of the performers in
many directions. For this purpose, I provide a number of mirrors, each higher
than a performer, and I place these behind the performers in the form of
a half polygon, or polygonal arch springing from the sides of the stage and
sweeping round the back. Scenery may be combined with the mirrors in such a
manner as to enhance their effect.
Deted this 25th day of November 1893.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
UUMI UNIN
An Arrangement of Reflectors for Stage Effects.
1, HECTOR NORMAN TENNENT, of No. 42 Duke Street, St. James', in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object to enhance the effects of dancing, posturing and
the like upon a stage by means of mirrors reflecting images of the performers in
many directions.
For this purpose I provide a number of mirrors, each higher than a performer,
and I place these behind the performers in the form of a half polygon, or poly-
gonal arch springing from the sides of the stage and sweeping round the back.
Scenery may be combined with the mirrors in such a nanner as to enhance their
effect.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 shows a front elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a number of mirrors
arranged according to my invention.
Fig. 3 shows a back elevation and Fig. 4 a vertical section of one of the mirrors
to an enlarged scale.
Each mirror A is held in a framework B to which is hinged a bracket or
support C, which when the mirror is in use is in its open position as shewn in
Fig. 4, but which when the mirror is not in use lies flat against the framework as
shewn in Fig. 3 so as to take up less room than if it were a fixed bracket. A
series of these mirrors A is arranged on the stage in the form of a half polygon or
polygonal arch as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
Iustead of arranging the mirrors near each end at such an angle as to throw &
reflection of the performer on to the other mirrors, I prefer to mount one or more
of the mirrors A³ at each end, in a framework capable of swivelling on a pivot,
such as the triangular framework shown at A' in the drawings which framework is

page_text: preferably covered with mirrors on two sides, so as to follow and thus alter the
direction of the reflection of the performer on to the other mirrors.
By this arrangement of mirrors a performer dancing, posturing or the like on
the stage is reflected in many directions, the reflections constantly altering as the
performer moves from one part of the stage to another.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I am aware that an
arrangement of reflectors has been before proposed consisting of a semicircular
background, in combination with a floor and a ceiling all of which are covered by
narrow mirrors and in combination with electric lights, and I make no claim to
such an arrangement, but I declare that what I claim is :-
A series of mirrors arranged side by side on a stage in the form of a half
polygon or polygonal arch constructed and operating substantially as herein
described.
Dated this 25th day of Sentember 1901