Theatre, Performance and Technology
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Praise for the first edition: 'An extremely valuable work, which combines detailed analysis with a helpful contextual overview.' - Professor Dominic Shellard, University of Sheffield, UK 'There simply are no competing texts: Chris Baugh's unique arrangement of scenographic buttons is immediately a key work in the field - invaluable and long overdue.' - Richard Downing, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'I strongly recommend this new edition. The title has been considerably updated throughout and the addition of a new chapter sows the seeds for new directions in scenographic enquiry. Students and researchers of performance design will find this a valuable resource on the history and future of scenography.' - Studies in Theatre and PerformanceMore details
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List of Illustrations.- General Editors' Preface.- Preface: On Writing Theatre History and My Mother's Button Box.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. Performing Great Exhibitions: A Nineteenth-Century Speciality.- 2. Rejection of the Past: A Modern Mode of Thought.- 3. The Scene as Machine: Part 1: Scenography as a Machine for Performance.- 4. The Scene as Machine: Part 2: Constructing and Building the Scene as Machine.- 5. The Scene as Machine: Part 3: The Kinetic Stage Machines of Josef Svoboda.- 6. The Century of Light: Part 1: Diffused and Living Light.- 7. The Century of Light: Part 2: Light Beams and Images.- 8. The Scene as the Architecture of Performance.- 9. Some Rejections of Technology in Theatre and Performance.- 10. New Technologies and Shifting Paradigms .- 11. Scenography as Dramaturgy and Technology of Performance.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Bibliography.- Index.