Stagecraft for nonprofessionals / F.A. Buerki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buerki, F. A.

Contributor:

Christensen, Susan J., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.

Theaters.

Amateur theater.

Physical Description:

xx, 171 pages : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm

Edition:

A new edition / revised and updated by Susan J. Christensen.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.

Summary:

For more than thirty-five years, F. A. Buerki's Stagecraft for Nonprofessionals has served as a highly valuable and practical companion to tens of thousands of backstage workers. While other books were often too specialized or dominated by theoretical considerations, the Buerki book remained the one sure guide to "getting the show on."

Now, thanks to the work of the eminent craftsman Buerki, and of Susan Christensen, a highly-talented designer, this practical handbook has been revised and updated to include the most recent theatre techniques, preparing it to serve a new generation of nonprofessionals. It remains, in this bright new edition, the "first book" of stagecraft for school, college, and community theatre groups.

Cutting through discussions of theory and foregoing advanced techniques meant for large and sophisticated theatres, the Buerki book provides straightforward solutions to the basic production problems of amateurs working in a variety of settings. Whether confronting fundamental aspects of scene design and construction, stage lighting, properties and sound effects, or scene painting, its approach is clear, concise, and eminently practical. It is the one handbook that will allow any nonprofessional to stage the play now.

Contents:

Key to Parts of the Stage xii

The Theatre and the Stage xix

1 The Parts of the Stage 3

2 Scene Design and Setting 19

3 Stage Settings 37

4 Flats and Set Pieces 48

5 Stairs and Platforms 76

6 Doors and Windows 89

7 Properties and Sound Effects 95

8 Scene Painting 106

9 Stage Lighting 123.

Notes:

"Third edition 1983"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 163-164.

ISBN:

0299093506 :

OCLC:

9254891