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Title: Structural Design for the Stage by Alys Holden, Ben Sammler ISBN: 0-240-80354-X Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: For the Professional
Comment: If you are a technical director looking to improve your knowledge base and are committed to protecting the people who rely on your decisions, this book is invaluable. If you have ever looked at the Timber Construction Manual, you know that building safe structures is a very complicated process. This book is built on the fundamental principles that allow professionals to build structures like the Sears Tower and the Empire State Building. It coalesces those ideas and applies them to scenery construction. It allows TD's to learn how to make informed decisions regarding the scenery they build. It is not for the faint-hearted. There is math involved. And it can be easy to get lost in the calculations. But, if you stick to it, the benefits are far reaching; from knowing that you have done your job well, to instilling confidence in those people who put their lives into your hands. Any serious TD must understand the principles that this book imparts. You owe it to yourself and the people with which you work. This book is the first to take difficult principals and make them accessible to everyone, not just those with engineerings degrees.
Rating: 3
Summary: Very Technical
Comment: Although it may be perfect for some people, this book was not what I was looking for. It promises to keep it simple--wow, I'd hate to see what's considered complicated. It's very heavy on the math and physics. If you are an engineer or a math-minded TD you might find this book fascinating. If you are looking for how-to stuff, you'll be disappointed. It contains almost no illustrations or plans and is mostly physics formulas. I'm looking for instructions and plans on how to build lighter, stronger, better sets--in other words, the findings of TD's working with theses formulas, not the math itself. If you want to design your own new stuff and get yourself into a Yale Tech Brief, this book is for you, but if you're hoping this book will be another Tech Brief Collection, you'll be disappointed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Why sets stand up
Comment: Structural Design for The Stage is every teacher's dream come true. You can work with it in your classes just the way it is. Everything is organized around a normal one-hour lesson. Unfortunately the book is not metric, which makes it hard to use in Europe.
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Title: Stage Rigging Handbook by Jay O. Glerum ISBN: 0809317443 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $26.50 |
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Title: Technical Design Solutions for Theatre (The Technical Brief Collection, Volume 2) by Bronislaw J. Sammler, Donald Harvey, Ben Sammler, Don Harvey, Yale School of Drama Dept. of Technical Design and Production ISBN: 0240804929 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: The Stagecraft Handbook by Daniel A. Ionazzi ISBN: 1558704043 Publisher: Betterway Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.99 |
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Title: Technical Design Solutions for Theatre (The Technical Brief Collection, Volume 1) by Ben Sammler, Don Harvey ISBN: 0240804902 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Control Systems for Live Entertainment, Second Edition by John Huntington ISBN: 0240803485 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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