Costumes and Scenery for Amateurs

By Constance D'Arcy MacKay

Book Overview

""Costumes and Scenery for Amateurs"" by Constance D'Arcy Mackay is a comprehensive guide for those interested in creating costumes and scenery for amateur productions. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the basics of design and construction to advanced techniques for creating realistic and detailed costumes and sets. The author provides step-by-step instructions for creating everything from simple costumes and props to elaborate stage sets and backdrops. The book also includes helpful tips for working with different materials, such as fabric, paint, and wood, as well as advice on budgeting and planning for amateur productions. With its clear and concise instructions and practical advice, ""Costumes and Scenery for Amateurs"" is an essential resource for anyone involved in amateur theater or other performance arts.1915. This book endeavors to set before amateurs who are doing their own producing a series of costumes and scene sets that can easily be copied for plays, pageants, masques or festivals in which adults and children take part. Costumes for children�������s plays are specially pictured since there is no costume book for children extant. Both children and adults will find costumes and scene designs covering the range of this historical play, the folk play, the fairy play and the play of fantasy. By following the designs in this book any American Historical Pageant may be completely costumed.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1417932627
• ISBN13: 9781417932627
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"