“What is Scenography?” 2nd edition
(Routledge UK / USA 2009)
Enlarged format, 40 new drawings, 40,000 new words, colour throughout.
The new edition takes a critical look at some of the issues raised in “What is Scenography?” 1st edition in the light of personal professional practice as a scenographer and director from 2002 - 09. The scenographic principles of the book are re-examined in several 'case studies' of actual productions.
Cover design by Pamela Howard
“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 had 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
“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 its soul.” - Ramon Ivars
“Gives an excellent sense of scenography and a window on a life in the theatre - which is fascinating. ...A superb book.” - Professor Arnold Aronson, Columbia University, USA
“Pamela Howard is the precise definition of what a scenographer of today should be: a multiple artist. Her vast experience with space, her rare and acute power of reflection, her workshops worldwide, her masterful control of drawing and painting and her ability to interconnect scenography with other artistic expressions qualify her to discuss with great authority what "space for staging" should be in the coming decades of this millennium.” - Jose Carlos Serroni
You can order "What is Scenography?" direct from the publisher, Routledge (www.routledge.co.uk).
You can also order directly from Amazon.co.uk
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 Theater:-
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