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Lighting Design on Broadway Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1990
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Bobbi Owen
Book Code: OLD/
ISBN: 0-313-26533-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26533-4
176 pages, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/1991
List Price: $72.95 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts
Series Number: 11
Reviews:
  • This is a comprehensive volume. It will be valuable to researchers and professionals in lighting design, related design areas, and theater history in general.
    —ARBA
  • This is a comprehensive volume that enhances the author's other volumes on theater. It will be valuable to researchers and professionals in lighting design, related design areas, and theater history in general.
    —ARBA
Description: Very little has been published about the profession of theatrical lighting design, and less has been written about the individuals who practice this art. Until recently, the field was not recognized as a craft separate from stage design, and lighting designers were not credited in playbills or programs. Over four hundred individuals who designed lighting are profiled here in biographical sketches, each accompanied by a chronological listing of Broadway credits for lighting, and for scenic and costume design when relevant. An introduction briefly surveys the lighting design profession and its development on Broadway. Appendixes list winners of the three major awards in the field, and a selective bibliography on lighting design is included. The index provides access from the play title to the designer's name, and, in doing so, indicates every play for which a lighting designer was credited. The frontispiece reproduces a light plot by Jean Rosenthal for Night of the Iguana (1962). This comprehensive volume will be valuable to researchers and professionals in lighting design, stage design, and theatre history generally.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Designers and Their Credits
  • Appendix 1: The Tony Award
  • Appendix 2: The Maharam Award
  • Appendix 3: The American Theatre Wing Design Award
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index of Plays
LC Card Number: 91-24007
LCC Class: PN2091
Dewey Class: 792
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