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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463252903321

Titolo

Backstage stories / / edited by Barbara Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Bloomsbury, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4411-6681-5

1-4411-1177-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

792.094

Soggetti

Theater - United States

Theater - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Artistic Director and Actress; Body Control Instructor; Casting Director; Choreographer and Director; Costume Designer; Deputy Stage Manager; Designer; Director; Dramaturg; Dresser; Fight Arranger; Flying Director; Footwear and Stock Co-ordinator; Head of Sound; Lighting Designer; Producer; Production Manager; Prop-maker and Welder; Stage Manager; Voice/Speech/Dialect Coach; Wig and Make-up Co-ordinator; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Gaining a view behind the scenes into the jobs and personalities of people who work in the theatre is a privilege afforded to few. This book grants that privilege to all its readers. Twenty-one highly respected backstage professionals are interviewed, from artistic director to wig maker, working in all kinds of theatres in Britain and the United States.  Their stories inform and entertain as they describe what they do and how they got to do it. Their anecdotes and observations intrigue and amuse as they reminisce about working with people such as Alan Bennett, Judi Dench, Placido Domingo, Ian