[SML] Light and Sound Design History Help

[Wild, Larry]

Hi Nick
Click on the first link in the list below. Scroll down to the section on Abe Feder.  Feder was very active in the 1930s. He was the in-house light guy for the WPA’s Federal Theatre. A program under FDR to help put people back to work. One of the shows he designed was Orson Welles “Vodoo” Macbeth which was staged  with an all-black cast in Harlem. The paperwork for Welles FTP productions are at the Library of Congress some of which have been put on line. You can read his prompt book for Macbeth.  Included are the Focus Notes and Equipment Lists on “images” 9 to 16. There is a direct link to the Macbeth web page in the Feder section of the “Short History of Lighting Design” web page (Kristi’s top link). I don’t know if this will be any use to you, but I found the information interesting.

Good luck
Larry Wild
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Emeritus
Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
(Also known as the “Old Guy from SD”)

From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Kristi R-C via Stagecraft
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 11:52 PM
To: nickrdalton at gmail.com; stagecraft at theatrical.net
Subject: Re: [SML] Light and Sound Design History Help

Hi Nick!


This page has some good things. http://www3.northern.edu/wild/LiteDes/ldhist.htm

as does http://www.ies.org/lighting/history/timeline-of-lighting.cfm

and http://www.iar.unicamp.br/lab/luz/ld/C%EAnica/Hist%F3ria/stage_lighting_&_sound_history_of_lighting_&_sound_recording.pdf

and McCandless' "A Method of Lighting The Stage." which is out of print, but often available through inter-library loan.
Google is your friend for general info. If you want specifics, ask again!

Kristi R-C

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Subject: [SML] Light and Sound Design History Help
Hi my name is Nick and i'm looking for information on the history of light and sound design within theatre particularly around the 1920 to 1940 US/Harlem Renaissance period. I have seemed to have misplaced my notes from my previous stagecraft class and my text book only covers modern applications. I am writing a paper and will also need to be able to site my sources. Any help would be appreciated.

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Nicholas R. Dalton
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
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