From Page to Stage: How Theatre Designers Make Connections Between Scripts and Images

From Page to Stage: How Theatre Designers Make Connections Between Scripts and Images

How does a designer harness something as elusive as the human imagination to create a set that will complement and enhance a dramatic production? What steps are involved in making the jump from a script's text to an engaging imaginative stage? <P> In <I>From Page to Stage</I>, author Rosemary Ingham explores the relationships between text analysis, imagination, and creation. Heavily illustrated with striking examples, the book covers: <UL> <LI>the who, what, where, how, and (maybe) why of text analysis <LI>moving from dramatic text to theatrical event <LI>imagination and knowing: what imagination is and how it relates to memory <LI>what happens when the designer's imagination meets the script <LI>and much more. </UL> Also included are photo/interview essays, in which Ingham ultimately asks the designer "how will your interpretation affect an audience/individual/society intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and politically?"