TD&T r-------USTITT--------I VOLUME XXIII' c o NUMBER 2 T N * SUMMER 1987 E N T BRINGING HOME THE GOLD s 5 U.S. wins grand prize at the Prague Quadriennial. DESIGN OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION BUILDING 6 by Beverly Willis The San Francisco Ballet Association decided to defy tradition and build a new facili ty to house its school, rehearsal, and administrative spaces rather than cope with the inadequacies of converted structures. North Elevation of the San Francisco Ballet Association Building 6 THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S SWAN THEATRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL DEMBOWICZ 12 by James 1. Schempp The stage manager for the RSC talks about the pros and cons of the year-old Swan. MEASURING THE DEFLECTION OF YOUR MODULAR STAGING: PREDICTED AND ACTUAL The Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre 18 by Dennis Dorn, Jim Keller, and Terry Richard An investigation of modular theatre platforms using multiple analog transducers and an IBM Pc. 12 BOOK REVIEWS 25 A Visual History of Costume: The Twentieth Century; Architectural Rendering Techniques: A Color Reference; America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre; Changing Trends in Fashion: Patterns of the Twentieth Century Platform A NEW PRODUCTS 31 SOUND: THEATRE SOUND LEADS FILM SOUND? 41 by Charlie Richmond The TDeJT sound editor looks at the increasing use of sound designers in the film industry. Measuring the Deflection of Your Modular Staging: Predicted and Actual 18 OISTAT 42 A listing of foreign journals. On the cover: The front entrance of the San Francisco Ballet Association Building. Photo credit: Peter Aaron, Esto Photographics, Inc. SYNOPSIS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH 52 AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL AWARDS 54