Stagecraft for Nonprofessionals FROM THE PUBLISHER
For more than thirty-five years, F. A. Buerki's Stagecraft for Nonprofessionals has served as a highly valuable and practical companion to tens of thousands of backstage workers. While other books were often too specialized or dominated by theoretical considerations, the Buerki book remained the one sure guide to "getting the show on."
Now, thanks to the work of the eminent craftsman Buerki, and of Susan Christensen, a highly-talented designer, this practical handbook has been revised and updated to include the most recent theatre techniques, preparing it to serve a new generation of nonprofessionals. It remains, in this bright new edition, the "first book" of stagecraft for school, college, and community theatre groups.
Cutting through discussions of theory and foregoing advanced techniques meant for large and sophisticated theatres, the Buerki book provides straightforward solutions to the basic production problems of amateurs working in a variety of settings. Whether confronting fundamental aspects of scene design and construction, stage lighting, properties and sound effects, or scene painting, its approach is clear, concise, and eminently practical. It is the one handbook that will allow any nonprofessional to stage the play now.
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