Product Description

This book presents over 900 biographical sketches of these scenic designers active on Broadway between the 1915-16 and 1989-90 seasons, each sketch ending with Broadway credits. Winners of the major awards for scenic design are listed in appendixes, a selective bibliography is included, and an index provides access to the designers from the play titles. An introduction traces the development of the profession on Broadway, and reproductions of fifteen designer renderings span the period of coverage.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4624104 in Books
• Published on: 1991-10-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Review
“Owen has also published Costume Design on Broadway (CH, Jan '88) and Lighting Design on Broadway (1991) in Greenwood's "Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts" series. She examined playbills dating back to 1915 to find references to set designers and scenographers in New York. Brief biographical entries, arranged alphabetically, contain Broadway set, costume, and lighting design credits in chronological order. Appendixes include chronological lists of awards, 12 poorly reproduced photographs of set designs, a bibliography, and an excellent alphabetical list of approximately 7,500 plays with dates of production and names of designers. For general performing arts collections, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television (1984-) treats currently active designers but has no separate index for scenographers. Robin Lacy's A Biographical Dictionary of Scenographers 500 B.C. to 1900 A.D. (CH, Apr '91) includes set designers and scene painters in early New York City. Owen's and Lacy's books together make an important contribution to theater research collections at all academic levels.”–Choice

“This book is significant for its unique subject, careful research, and concise presentation of extensive data. Unquestionably, it will be a valuable source for those researching this period of American scenography.”–ARBA

About the Author
BOBBI OWEN is Associate Professor of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.