Scenery for the theatre
Subtitle: the organization, processes, materials, and techniques used to set the stage
By: [by] Harold Burris-Meyer and Edward C. Cole. Contributing authors: Nicholas L. Bryson [and others]
Contributors: Cole, Edward Cyrus, joint author.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
Description: Describes the principles and techniques for setting a stage for a theatrical production.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 495-499.
Table of contents: title: The state of the theatre. Scenery -- Machinery -- Light -- Effects -- Novelty -- Theatres -- Developments and trends -- Organization for production. Producer -- Director -- Designer -- Technical director -- Production manager -- Sound -- Lighting --Sources of scenery, lights, props, costumes -- Variations -- Centralized shop -- Labor -- Comment -- Schedule -- Planning the production. Genesis of the plan -- Planning sequence -- Scene design -- Sketch, ground plan, model -- Director’s requirements -- Style -- Locale -- Atmosphere -- Influence of style on locale and atmosphere -- Mood -- Stage space -- Shifts -- Mock-up or rehearsal scenery -- Designer vs. author and producer -- Designer’s drawings and specifications -- Technical planning -- Interrelation of departments during planning -- Planning the scenery. Sightlines -- Tests for fit and movement -- Strength -- Portability -- Dependability and economy -- Orders for materials -- Working drawings -- Scenery built in place -- Repertory scenery -- Mechanical sketching -- Identification of units and pieces -- Order of construction -- Work chart -- Types of scenery. Unframed two-dimensional scenery -- Framed two-dimensional scenery -- Variants -- Three-dimensional scenery -- Scenic Systems -- Variants -- Use of materials other than wood -- Materials. Sources of information -- Lumber -- Board materials -- Fabrics -- Adhesives -- Fasteners -- Steel -- Wire mesh -- Fiber glass fabrics, resins, and accessories -- Rigid plastic foams: RPF and RUF -- Thermoplastics -- Materials for hanging and moving scenery -- Control of materials -- The scene shop. Design and production offices -- Organization for scene construction -- Shop maintenance -- Shop safety -- Tools and equipment for the scene shop. Woodworking tools -- Metalworking tools -- Plastic foam tools -- Tools for thermoplastics -- Scene construction. Standard procedure -- Metal scene construction -- Construction with fiber glass -- Construction with rigid plastic foam -- Construction with thermoplastics -- Scene painting. Preparation for painting -- The painting process -- Scene painting techniques -- The stage and its equipment. Stage machinery -- Functions of stage equipment -- Handling scenery -- Effectiveness of machinery -- Dramatic effectiveness of shifts -- Equipment for repertory -- Fly loft -- Gridiron -- Head-block beams -- Loads on equipment and structure -- Stage loft without gridiron -- Underhung blocks above a gridiron -- Loading platform / Fly gallery -- Vertical traffic -- Rope system -- Counterweight system -- Double-purchase systems -- Auxiliary arbors -- Comment : ideal system -- Winches -- Winch systems -- Accidents and their prevention -- Curtain rigs -- Cycloramas -- Devices for moving the stage floor -- Floor slope -- False floors -- Controls -- Other devices -- Hanging, joining, stiffening and bracing scenery; hanging the show. Handling -- Joining, stiffening, bracing -- Hanging -- Properties. Distinction between props and scenery -- Classification -- Sources of information -- Procurement -- Materials and substitutes -- Cabinetmaking -- Upholstery -- Faking to reduce weight -- Fabrication in paper -- Draperies -- Pictures -- Breakaway props -- Thermoplastics -- Food -- Drinks -- Trimming the set with props -- Maintenance and operation -- Jurisdiction -- Atmospherics -- Pyrotechnics -- Practical aquatics -- Sound -- Assembling and running the show; postproduction procedures. The assembly -- Technical rehearsals -- Dress rehearsals and performances -- Intercommunication -- Postproduction procedures -- Processes and techniques. Carpentry -- Metalworking -- Fiber glass construction -- Rigid plastic foam -- Thermoplastics -- Basic rope skills -- Hanging scenery -- Appendix : mechanics and mathematics.