From religious plays to church celebrations to a host of theatrical forms -- opera, vaudeville, melodrama, pantomime and spectacle -- Stage Flying surveys the long history of simulated flight.
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"A useful book for those interested in technical theatre and... fascinating reading for the theatre historian." -- Charles J. Pecor, Theatre Survey, May 1996
An interesting circle of glorious images and gritty technology is always present in McKinven's text. -- Jim Steinmeyer, Magicol, November 1995
An interesting circle of glorious images and gritty technology is always present in McKinven's text. -- Jim Steinmeyer, Magicol, November 1995
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John A. McKinven received his B.A. degree in English from Ohio University. He has been researching the history of stage flying for over two decades. Long-time personal associations with contemporary designers of theatrical magic, automata and illusions have helped in the preparation of Stage Flying.
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For the finale of the current Broadway production of Angels in America (1993) the audience sees an angel crash through a bedroom ceiling, sending chunks of plaster raining down. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
compound drum, flying ballet, flying apparatus, sacre rappresentazioni, stage flying, stage mechanics, flying wires, aerial ballet, stage machinery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peter Pan, Bishop Abraham, Peter Foy, Church of the Carmine, Teatro Farnese, Giorgio Vasari, God the Father, Arlequin Phaeton, Mount of Olives, Teatro San Salvatore, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New!
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For the finale of the current Broadway production of Angels in America (1993) the audience sees an angel crash through a bedroom ceiling, sending chunks of plaster raining down. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
compound drum, flying ballet, flying apparatus, sacre rappresentazioni, stage flying, stage mechanics, flying wires, aerial ballet, stage machinery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Peter Pan, Bishop Abraham, Peter Foy, Church of the Carmine, Teatro Farnese, Giorgio Vasari, God the Father, Arlequin Phaeton, Mount of Olives, Teatro San Salvatore, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New!
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- A Source Book in Theatrical History: Twenty-five centuries of stage history in more than 300 basic documents and other primary material by A. M. Nagler on 4 pages
- The Oxford Companion to the Theatre (Oxford Reference) by Phyllis Hartnoll in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Everyman's Library) by Giorgio Vasari on page 13, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Cambridge Guide to World Theatre by Martin Banham in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Lives of the Painters (Everyman's Library, Vol. 4) by Gilorgio Vasari on page 13, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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