The Magic Garment: Principles of Costume Design (2nd Ed)

Illustrated Theatre Production Guide delivers a step-by-step approach to the most prevalent and established theatre production practices, focusing on essential issues related to the construction of wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery used on the stage. A must-have resource for both the community theatre worker who must be a jack of all trades and the student who needs to learn the fundamentals on his or her own, it covers the necessities in great detail, without bogging you down. Offering techniques and best-practice methods from an experienced industry expert, it will allow you to create a foundation on which to build a successful and resourceful career behind the scenes in theatre production.

This third edition has been completely restructured to more effectively lead you through the basics of stagecraft.  Through detailed lessons and hundreds of drawings, author John Holloway offers you solutions to the problems that you’ll face every day in a production, from rigging to knot tying to drapery folding. New to this edition are guides to jobs in theatre, construction documentation, and video projection methods, with expanded information on thrust theatres, lighting, and audio and video practices.

• Step-by-step projects focus on construction methods for wooden, fabric, plastic, and metal scenery to cover all your construction needs
• Hundreds of unique hand-drawings illustrate lessons to give dimensional, detailed instruction for difficult construction practices
• Eco-friendly tips instruct on how to reuse and recycle props and set materials for a greener production