From Page to Stage: How Theatre Designers Make Connections Between Scripts and Images by Rosemary Ingham (1998, Paperback)

Key Details
Author:	Rosemary Ingham
Language:	English
Publisher:	Heinemann Drama
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0435070428
ISBN-13:	9780435070427

Size
Length:	171 pages
Height:	9.3 in
Width:	7.3 in
Thickness:	0.5 in
Weight:	11.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Explores the relationships among text analysis, imagination, and creation. Offers practical advice for reading and understanding playscripts and a clear, detailed method for identifying, collecting, and organizing script facts in order to move from text to theatrical event. Includes b&w illustrations as well as photo/interview essays in which designers address the question of how an interpretation will affect an audience emotionally, spiritually, and politically. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

How does a designer harness something as elusive as the human imagination to create a set that will complement and enhance a dramatic production? What steps are involved in making the jump from a script's text to an engaging, imaginative stage? This volume answers these questions, exploring the relationships among text analysis, imagination, and creation. The book is heavily illustrated with vivid examples and photo/interview essays.

What steps are involved in making the jump from a script's text to an engaging imaginative stage? From Page to Stage explores the relationships between text analysis, imagination, and creation.