READING LIST

MFASD 2017/18
TITLE AUTHOR
SET
1 So you want to be a Theatre Designer? Michael Pavelka
2 What is Scenography? Pamela Howard
3 Theatre & Performance Design: A reader in Scenography Jane Collins, Andrew Nisbet
4 Technical Drawing for Stage design Gary Thorne
5 Scenery: Drafting & construction John Blurton
6 Making The Scene, A history of Stage Design and Technology Oscar G Brockett, Margaret Mitchell, Linda Hardberger
7 From Page to Stage: How designers make connections between scripts & Images Rosemary Ingham
8 AutoCAD 2010 - a handbook for theatre users David Ripley, Entertainment Technology Press
LIGHTING
1 The Stage Lighting Handbook Francis Reid
2 Performance Lighting Design: How to Light for the Stage, concert & live events Nick Moran
3 Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life Richard Pilbrow
4 The Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting Max Keller
5 Stage Lighting Design: a practical guide Neil Fraser
COSTUME
1 A History of Men's Fashion Chenoune, F. 1993, France, Flammarion publications.
2 Designing Costume for stage and screen. Clancy, D. 2014, Batsford.
3 Costume Design Nadoolman Landis, D. 2012. ILEX publications.
4 The Cut of Women's Clothes and The Cut of Men's Clothes Norah Waugh, 1985, Theatre Arts Books, 1985 Faber& Faber.
5 Fashion, The Ultimate book of costume and style. 2012 Dorling Kindersley Ed Hennessy, K.
6 Sex and suits: the evolution of modern dress. Hollander, A. Bloomsbury Academic
7 The Language of Clothes, Lurie, A. 1992 Bloomsbury.

Designers/Artists to make yourselves familiar with: Colleen Atwood, Edith Head,

Sandy Powell, Catherine Martin, Jenny Beavan and John Bright, Vivienne Westwood,
John Galliano, Thierry Mugler, Kenzo, Alexander McQueen,
Rei Kawabuko, Fortuny, William Morris, Chanel, Dior, Tissot, Whistler, Worth.
ALL
1 Collaboration in Theatre: a practical guide for Designers and Directors: Rob Rozmowski& Kirk Dormer, palgrave & Macmillan
2 Unmasking Theatre Design Lynn Porter
3 Designers' Shakespeare John Russell Browne/Stephen Di Benedetto