A stage crew handbook
By: by Sol Cornberg and Emanuel L. Gebauer.
Contributors: Gebauer, Emanuel L.
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Harper and Row
Published: 1957
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 291
Table of contents: title: Stage crew handbook; title: An introduction to the theater -- The stage carpenters. The requirements of scenery -- Ordering and testing lumber -- A common flat -- Joints -- A miter box -- Cutting stiles, rails, toggles, braces -- Assembling flats -- The 3-ply -- Hardware -- Flameproofing -- Paste and glue -- Covering flats -- Special flats for doors, windows, fireplaces, arches -- Thickness pieces -- Trim -- Doors -- Locks -- Window sash -- Fireplaces -- Ceilings: Roll, one and two leaf -- Drops -- Cycloramas -- Parallels: Front, end, and spacer frames -- Assembling parallels -- Tops -- Steps: Stringers, risers, and treads -- Ramps and curbs -- Ground rows -- Bushes -- Trees -- Rocks -- Wagons -- Stage furniture -- Special problems: Dutchmen, patches, flat changes, twofolds, demountable door and window frames, removable thickness, posts, dismantling units, rails, divided spacer parallel -- The painters. Colors of paints -- Properties of color: Hue, brilliance, saturation -- Primaries and secondaries -- Mixing paints -- Priming -- Preparing old flats -- Methods of painting -- Sprayers and spraying -- A sample mix -- The property men. Properties classified -- Prop lists, layouts, plots -- Securing props -- Guns -- Borrowed articles -- Furniture -- Forms of nature -- Fireplace logs -- Draperies -- Pictures -- Polished surfaces -- Stage books -- Food -- The effects men. Recorded sound effects -- Wind machine -- Rain machine -- Thunder -- Crashes -- Door slam -- Bells -- Visible rain -- Lightning -- Snow -- The electricians. Artist, mechanic, operator -- Cable -- Skinning -- Short circuits -- Connectors -- Stage plugs -- Floor pockets -- Flush receptacle bodies and switches -- Bracket fixtures -- Receptacles and bases -- Lamps classified -- Voltage of Lamps -- Fuses -- General illumination: Strips, footlights, borderlights, floods -- Spotlights: Construction, funnels, towers -- Gelatine -- Dimmers: Plate, slide, reactor, transformer, electronic, adjustable feature -- Phantom loads -- Trouble shooting -- Bell and buzzer boxes -- Switchboard operation -- Lighting the play: Areas of action, atmosphere, equipment, shadows, colors -- Layouts, cue sheets -- The flymen. Stage machinery -- A simple rule -- Fly gallery -- Loading platform -- A union grid -- A loose grid -- Knots: Overhand, square, clove hitch, bowline, tie-off -- Counterweighting: Sandbags, metal weights -- Trimming -- Low-grid stages -- Curtains: Act, flown, draw, tableau, contour, rolled -- Drapes -- Flying back walls -- Ceilings: One-leaf, book -- Fouling -- Tripping -- Cables -- Care of rope -- Safety -- The grips. Walking, footing, floating flats -- Stage braces and pegs -- Lashing -- Spiking / Dollies -- The technical director and the production. Inspection -- Supplies -- Building the show -- Drawings -- Crew direction -- Production layouts -- Crew membership -- Guns -- Performance reports -- Crew duties during performances: Grips, curtain runners, props, electricians, flymen -- Records -- Scene shops -- Fire protection -- The designer. Determining the setting -- Styles of production -- Mood -- Jogs, risers, openings -- Space enclosed -- Simplicity -- Landscapes -- Sight lines -- Scale -- Prosceniums: Hard and soft -- Ceilings -- Changes -- Re-using flats -- Floor plans -- Sketches -- Models -- Working drawings -- Sun-Up and the stage crew -- Glossary.