Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 792 EAN: 9780878301843 ISBN: 0878301844 Label: Theatre Arts Book Manufacturer: Theatre Arts Book Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: July 28, 2004 Publisher: Theatre Arts Book Sales Rank: 88716 Studio: Theatre Arts Book
Product DescriptionThe Dramatic Imagination is one of the few enduring works written about set design. Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding of design - its role at the heart of theater - that has continued to inspire theater students. The volume includes 'A New Kind of Drama,' 'To a Young Stage Designer' and six other of Jones's 'reflections.'
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - interesting
I enjoyed the passion expressed by Jones as wel as the detailed examples given in each chapter.
Rating: - The Dramatic Imagination; Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre
Received in record time and in great condition for a used book. In fact you couldn't tell that it was used at all.
Rating: - take it with an open mind
OK, you can't rate this book on the level of literature, cuz it's not. From that point of view it's horrible. But you can rate it on what it might teach you if you let it "speak to you." This is a book that can easily be taken two ways. 1) An inspiring look at theater and at life, and 2) the cheesiest, corniest, campiest thing ever. I myself have wondered at times how I really feel about this book. I have had it read it throughout this past quarter for my Stagecraft class, and it can say a whole ... Read More
Rating: - a wonderful book to have on the shelf
my set design professor described this as the book to read when one is disillusioned with theater and need to restore faith, and I have to agree. It reminds us of the total art of theater, where poetry is expressed verbally, visually, and through the _presence_ of actors in a setting. It describes the curious not-reality that theater should create. It was written in 1941, so some of the references ring a little false and the language can wax florid, but the essence of what theater should be is described ... Read More
- interesting
- The Dramatic Imagination; Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre 
