Theatre Design & Technology - May 1974 - 3

CONTENTS

THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

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Editorial & News

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The New London Theatre: A West End
Answer to the Uris and the Minskoff?
Glenn M. Loney

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The Actors Theatre, Louisville, Ky.

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The Hallie Flanagan Davis Powerhouse
Theatre at Vassar College
Evert Sprinchorn & Thaddeus Gesek

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Theatre Three, Temple University
Tom Markus & David Hale

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Reconstruction
Prague

of

the

Smetana Theatre:
Miloslav Maxa

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Technical Reports
New Products

34

Book Reviews

BACK COVE R: Proscenium configuration plan of
the New London Theatre. Courtesy M. J. Percival
Associates.

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Consultas Tecnicas: Caracas
Electro Controls, Inc.
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General Electric Company
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Hoffend and Sons, Inc.
Hub Electric Company, Inc.
Russell Johnson Associates

THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

Kliegl Bros., Inc.
Little Stage lighting Company
Major Corporation
Mutual Hardware Corporation
New York Costume Company
Olesen Company
Perkins and Will Corporation
Richmond Hill Laboratories, Ltd.
Rosco Laborato ries
Jean Rosenthal Associates, Inc.
Skirpan Lighting Control Corporation
Stage Decoration & Suppl ies, Inc.
Strand Century, Inc.
The Macton Corporation
Tiffin Scenic Studios, Inc.
Wenger Corporation

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Hale, Herb Greggs (Newsletter), Richard D.

ADVISORY EDITORS
Leslie Armstrong, Silas Edman, James R. Earle, Jr., George T. Howard,
Joel Rubin, Robert Teitelbaum, Ann Folke Wells, Frederick M. Wolff

FRONT COVER: Section drawing of the New
London Theatre. Courtesy M. J. Percival Associates.

EDITORIAL OFFiCES

Journal of the U_ S. Institute for Theatre Technology

EDITORIAL BOARD
Mert Cramer, Gary Gaiser, David Thayer, Walter H. Walters, Bernard
Works

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