Written in 1920 for the little-theatre movement, Pichel’s handbook explains how to plan a playhouse for a school, club or community. He looks at historic auditoriums from the Teatro Farnese to the Elizabethan stage and the Munich Art Theatre, then gets practical about stage plans, room for backstage workers, equipment, lighting, machinery and scenery.
A useful window on early twentieth-century theatre design for stage-craft enthusiasts and theatre historians. Download the free EPUB.