[SML] Light and Sound Design History Help

[Patrick McCreary]

Don't forget Jean Rosenthal - "The Magic of Light" - *_IF_* you can get 
your hands on a copy.


On 9/23/2014 10:25 AM, Wild, Larry via Stagecraft wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: Nick Dalton via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net 
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> Sent: Mon, Sep 22, 2014 11:03 pm
> 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.
>
> -- 
> Nicholas R. Dalton
> Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
> ΖΣ 1036
>
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