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Description
How has light influenced the staging of theatre throughout history?
What does light contribute to performance?
How does it make meaning?
This collection explores the creative potential of light in the theatre. Through a wide range of extracts from historical accounts, new research and rare documents, some presented for the first time in English, Scott Palmer provides new ways of thinking about lighting as a creative performance practice.
Focusing on elements such as:
- The emergence of lighting design in the theatre
- Equipment and techniques
- The dramaturgy of light
- Its impact on actor, audience and playhouse
- The semiotics and phenomenology of light in performance
The book reveals why light has such a profound effect on the audience's experience of a theatrical event.
Table of Contents
The Evolution of Lighting Design
Light as Spectacle
Light, the Playhouse and the Scene
Light and the Audience
Light and Space
The Dramaturgy of Light
Light and the Body
Light as Material
Gas and Electricity – New Tools and Techniques
Techniques and Tools
The Lighting Operator
The Lighting Designer
Conclusion
A Lighting Chronology
Bibliography
Index.
Product details
| Published | Aug 21 2013 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 318 |
| ISBN | 9780230551909 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Readings in Theatre Practice |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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