This is an invaluable guide for anyone who designs, or aspires to design, costumes for stage productions. It explains the role of the costume designer, from understanding the script to realizing ideas on paper and in fabric. Among the topics covered are art and design materials; exercises for developing drawing skills; script and character analysis; the theater production process; and approaches to historical and modern dress productions. This excellent guide is complete with a fabric dictionary of textiles and their terms. Gary Thorne designs for repertory theater in Canada, England, and France. He is also the author of Stage Design: A Practical Guide.
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This is an invaluable guide for anyone who designs, or aspires to design, costumes for stage productions. It explains the role of the costume designer, from understanding the script to realizing ideas on paper and in fabric. Among the topics covered are: art and design materials; foundations of art and design; exercises for developing drawing skills; script and character analysis; the theater production process; and approaches to historical and modern dress productions. This excellent guide is complete with a fabric dictionary of textiles and their terms. Gary Thorne designs for repertory theater in Canada, England, and France. He is also the author of Stage Design: A Practical Guide.
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Gary Thomas Thorne MA studied at London's Byam Shaw School of Art before taking Margaret Harris's Motley Theatre Design Course in 1983. His excellent reviews for imaginative design for small-scale touring led to designing for repertory theatre in Canada, England and France. Gary has also written Stage Design - a practical guide for Crowood [1999].
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Stratford Festival Theatre, Martha Henry, Love For Love, Enemy of the People, Albert Herring, Alberta Theatre Projects, Ann Curtis, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Polka Theatre, Century Chronologically, William Blake, Barbara Bryne, Miss Wordsworth, Roger Howard, Thomas de Mallet Burgess New!
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Set and costume design for the theatre is an engaging and rewarding experience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Stratford Festival Theatre, Martha Henry, Love For Love, Enemy of the People, Albert Herring, Alberta Theatre Projects, Ann Curtis, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Knight of the Burning Pestle, Polka Theatre, Century Chronologically, William Blake, Barbara Bryne, Miss Wordsworth, Roger Howard, Thomas de Mallet Burgess New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Marriage of Figaro (Plays for Performance Series) by Pierre Augustin de Beaumarchais on page 48, and page 51
- The House of Bernarda Alba - Acting Edition by in a new version by Emily Mann Federico GarcĂa Lorca on page 48, and page 50
- Art of Drawing by Bernard Chaet in Back Matter
- Uncle Vanya by David Mamet on page 48
- Pictorial Encyclopedia of Fashion by Kybalova in Back Matter
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- Devised and Collaborative Theatre: A Practical Guide by Tina Bicat in Back Matter
- The Handbook of Stage Costume by Tina Bicat in Back Matter
- Producing Musicals: A Practical Guide by John Gardyne in Back Matter
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