Title: Adolphe Appia's "Music and the art of the theatre"
Description: A revolutionary vision of how scenography (light, setting and stage space) should work in dramatic performance. It is the most influential writing on theatre practice in the modern era and anticipates many future developments in performance and production techniques. Inspired by Wagner's work, Appia's writing focuses specifically on how light and space might, like music become expressive elements on the stage.
Subjects: scenography, light, lighting, stage, setting
People: Wagner
Time periods: 1890-1902