TY  - BOOK
AU  - White, Christine A.
TI  - Technical Theatre: A practical introduction
SN  - 9780340762127
U1  - 792.028 21
PY  - 2001///
PY  - 2001///, Christine A. White
CY  - London
PB  - Arnold
N1  - Index; Introduction to the context of theatre-making; A brief history of technical theatre; Theatre sectors their constitution and theatre-making; The status and contribution of technicians; The repertory system; A passionate woman; The text; Technical challenges; Staffing structures; Jobs in a repertory theatre; Staging Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet; Technical challenges; Costumes; Making a disguise-masks; Elizabethan theatre space; Hamlet; Exercises; Site-specific; Bed of arrows trilogy; The text; The venues; Technical challenges; Dyes and dyeing; Painting techniques; Changing spaces - the use of dynamic scenery; A happy medium; The text; Technical challenges; Cafe Vesuvio; The text; Technical challenges; Language of significance and the creative process; Approaches to text; Small-scale tours; The Lady Dragon's Lament; The text; Technical challenges; 100 Million Footsteps; The text; Technical challenges; Crazy Lady; Claiming your space - some scenic features; Dance; The Secret of Life; The text; Technical challenges; The Magic Shoes; Technical challenges; Aesthetics of light; Lighting equipment; Theory of electricity; Rigging exercise; Electrical exercises; Touring opera and the management of sound; The Secret Garden; Technical challenges; Atmosphere, locale, text and sources; The chain of sound; Sound exercise; Spectacle; You're Thinking About Doughnuts; The text; Technical challenges; Practical preparations for rehearsals; Mark-out exercise; Multimedia technology; Projection; Reclaiming spectacle in the twenty-first century; Exercises; Multiple choice questions; The flat project; Answers to multiple choice questions; Bibliography and further reading
; Index
ER  -