Designing and Drawing for the Theater

by Lynn Pecktal

Detailing production design for theater, opera, and ballet, Designing and Drawing for the Theater provides a professional picture and encyclopedic reference of the design process. Lavishly illustrated... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007557232X
• ISBN13: 9780075572329
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

A great general reference

The text provides names of existing professionals in all the fields of theatre design. It provides many production photos and technical drawings to use as examples. The book also provides something unique: interviews with designers and draftspeople. If you are looking for a general guide to design, this is a great source for visuals. It contains a step by step guide on the design process, but in reality it is a general guide on how to design without messing up royally.

excelent for the student studing scene design

excelent for the student studing scene design, it goes over all the basics a person will need to know when coming into this feild, like how to book your self, how to arive at a concept and tools, skills and knowlege you will need to have to be a great scene designer.

A must-have designer's reference...

This wonderful book, though pricey, is worth every penny. It's full of hundreds of pictures, great interviews with designers, and lots of reference materials (pages of doors or windows or chairs or whatever else it is that you need). Whenever I'm stuck on a design, I can always find inspiration--or at least hours of distraction--in this book. Especially useful for the begining design student.

A "must-have" book. Expensive but invaluable.

There is simply no other book available today on this subject that can compare. Every library and serious professional needs to own a copy. Put it on the shelf with the priceless (and long out of print) "Stage Design Throughout The World" series. Included are hundreds of illustrations of the work of the best American theatre designers: undeniably the most influential and dynamic designers in world theatre during this period. It illustrates what is likely to be known as the high-water mark of American theatrical design. Anyone who has ever done compelling design work in the theatre is here. Students, professionals and amateurs, indeed, anyone who loves the performing arts, will devour it at one sitting then browse with deepened pleasure over a lifetime. A "must have." Get it before it goes out of print!

Wonderful photos and examples...

With interviews with numerous theatrical designers working in legitimate theatre today, it's an in-depth look at the nuts and bolts of theatrical design. Everything from discussions about contracts and union exams to samples of moldings and architectural standards; very good work for the beginning student in theatre design, as well as for people with a large theatre background. The examples span the entire century, and the photos and drawings are excellent.