section on "Revues" starts with the
sentence: "The main difference between a
revue and a musical are..." and the very
same paragraph ends only twelve lines
later with: "At present, Atlantic City
attracts mostly patrons from a nearly 150mile radius."
What is important about these
chapters is that they have a certain
symmetry and do contain a large
amount
of
information.
Frequently that informarion is
found more profusely in rhe
footnotes than in the main text.
Each performance venue is
considered under a heading which
start with a general introduction
and then proceeds to "Design
Considerations," "Communication Forms," "Techniques" and
"Procedures and Practices." These
sections are accompanied by
photographs and lighr plots from
the venue rype.
What is particularly appealing is thar
each section is also extensively foornoted
with bibliographical references and thar
these references in mosr cases offer both a
sense of historiciry and currency through
1989. In this sense this is the best of
books. 0 one else has delved as deeply
into the available literature in
entertainmenr lighting or taken the
uouble to annotate it as thoroughly.
In the lasr portion of the book Watson
delves into the business of lighting design,
commendably leads off with USITT and
OISTAT. (Watson was a founding
member of USITT and its tenth
President, an important contributor to
USITT until his death and an active
member of the United States Center of
ISTAT.)
Lighting Design
Handbook amply
documents and
extensively illustrates the
author's conviction that
the profession of lighting
is diverse,
interdisciplinary and
growing_"
II
including an analysis of employment and
career prospecrs and material on theatrical
unions with examples of United Scenic
Artisrs enuance exanunarions for lighting
designers. There is also a good section on
professional organizations. I was
personally pleased to note that the author
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"the serious student who intends
to make lighting design his or her
tife's work" and for working
professionals a "survey about
specific areas of endeavor "
Lee Watson certainly achieved
those goals. Just as importantly,
he produced a book thar is
suffused throughout with what
Richard Pilbrow in an inuoducrion calls
our as "stage lighting design...a noble and
creative way of life." It is the author's
passion for exactly that subject that makes
this book with its extensive resources of
real interest.
IE
-Joel E. Rubin
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