First published in 1988, Backstage Handbook is one of the most widely used stagecraft textbooks in the United States, with about 10,000 copies sold every year. This handy reference book brings together under one cover an incredible variety of information useful to designers, technicians and students who work behind the scenes in theatre, film and television. Its sturdy leatherette binding will stand up to years of constant use. The third edition updates this popular reference book with new terminology and materials, and adds dozens of new illustrations of grip hardware, film lighting equipment and painting tools. Backstage Handbook includes chapters on Tools, Hardware, Materials, Electrics, Shop Math, Architecture and Theatre. There are hundreds of illustrations, tables and charts which cover everything from the stock sizes and specs of wood screws, to safe working loads for several kinds of rope, to illustrations of twenty-two types of standard lamp bases.

Backstage handbook: An illustrated almanac of technical information

CARTER, Paul

Broadway Press

Backstage Handbook: An Illustrated Handbook of Technical Information

Arts & Photography

Chiang, George

Performing Arts

Backstage Forms

Repeat Performances: A Guide to Hollywood Movie Remakes

Reference

Doris Milberg

Catalogs & Directories

New York Theatrical Sourcebook, The: 1992 Edition

ed. Association of Theatrical Artists and Craftspeople

Widely adopted as a college textbook, "Stock Scenery Construction Handbook" is one of the easiest to use, and most complete manuals on scenery construction. It has over 200 full-page drawings showing construction techniques for every conceivable kind of stock scenery piece, from flats (plain ones, door units, hardwall, etc.), to platforms and step units (including two kinds of parallel platforms and even folding-brace stairs), to all kinds of soft goods like curtains and drops.The second edition added a chapter on paint. This third edition includes updates throughout the book by Mike Monsos, professor of Scenic Design/Technology and Bill Raoul's colleague at University of Montana.

Stock Scenery Construction Handbook

Bill Raoul

Mike Monsos

The Designs of Ann Roth is the ninth book in USITT's ongoing series of monographs on America's best theatrical designers. It documents Oscar and Tony winning costume designer Ann Roth's 50-year career costuming Broadway and Hollywood, with more than 100 photographs and renderings. It includes a foreword by Roth friend and collaborator, Director Mike Nichols.

The Designs of Ann Roth

Holly Poe Durbin

Bonnie Kruger

The Designs of William Ivey Long by Bobbi Owen is the twelfth book in USITT s series documenting the creativity of America s most outstanding theatrical designers. The monograph chronicles William Ivey Long's career from its earliest days and contains a chronology of his nearly 350 production credits -- and his six Tony Awards. More than 100 illustrations are included, among them renderings of Long s exquisite costume designs and photographs from some of his award-winning productions. The appendices contain his numerous awards and honors and the many exhibitions where his designs and costumes have been displayed.

The Designs of William Ivey Long

Biographies & Memoirs

Bobbi Owen

Arts & Literature

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