"It's easily my favorite book." -- Robert Cacioppo, FortMyers (FL) News-Press
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION by John Mason Brown 5 I. A NEW KIND OF DRAMA 15 II. ART IN THE THEATRE 23 III. THE THEATRE AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS 45 IV. TO A YOUNG STAGE DESIGNER 69 V. SOME THOUGHTS ON STAGE COSTUME 87 VI. LIGHT AND SHADOW IN THEATRE 111 VII. TOWARD A NEW STAGE 131 VIII. BEHIND THE SCENES
The American scenic designer Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954) studied with Max Reinhardt and worked with Eugene O'Neill and other playwrights.