“What is Scenography?” 2nd edition
(Routledge UK / USA 2009)
Cover design by Pamela Howard
Pamela Howard's What is Scenography? has become a classic text in contemporary theatre design and performance practice. In this second edition, the author expands on her holistic analysis of scenography as compromising space, text, research, art performers, directors and spectators, to examine the changing nature of scenography in the twenty-first century.
The book includes:
Case studies and anecdotes from Howard's own celebrated career
Illustrations of her own recent work, in full colour throughout
And update 'world view' of scenography, with definitions from the world's most famous and influential scenographers
A direct and personal response to the question of how to define scenography by one of the world's leading practitioners, What is Scenograohy? continues to shape the world of visual theatremakers throughout the world.
"Pamela Howard's ground-breaking What is Scenography? was the first book to set out the bold new approaches to designing and directing for theatre which has dazzled audiences in Europe during the previous decades. It did us all a service by enriching the scope of how we understand the aesthetics of the stage... The lavish new materials (drawings, colour photos, new production analysis) included in this second edition make it even more essential for anyone interested in new developments in theatre"– David Bradby
"Comprehensive and accessible, this ambitious guide includes a walk-in-wardrobe-full of insights and personal accounts... There are some informative and creative insights on the metaphoric meaning of furniture... and Howard takes a wonderfully integrative approach to scripts, looking at the physical shape contribution Invaluable for practitioners, students and the serious enthusiast."– WhatsOnStage.com
"To write, design, organize, manage, sculpt, educate, paint research and above all, to passionately live the life of the performance is what Pamela has done throughout her whole career and, in one way or another, it is reflected here in this book: the universality of stage design, its elements and it's soul."– Roamon Ivars
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To order “What is Scenography?” from any bookshop, you'll need to quote the following ISBN numbers:
Hardback: 0-415-4731-3-2
Paperback: 0-415-47320-9
eBook: 0-203-87523-0
Translations:
| Serbian: | Published by Clio Press |
| Greek: | Published by Epikentro |
| Galician: | Published by Editorial Galaxia |
Selected Publications:-
"He Wrote What He Saw" (Theatre Quarterly) November 2002 A personal assessment of the late John McGrath
"Directing The Greek Passion in Greece" Society of British Theatre Designers Blue Pages Autumn 2005
Artists in Perspective "In Their Own Words: pp 310 - 3103" The World of Theatre:-
Tradition and Innovation by Mira Felner and Claudia Orenstein pub. 2005 Published Pearson New York
See also British Library 'Life Stories'
An oral History of British Theatre Design : Ed. Liz Wright