Theatre, Performance and Technology

Christpoher Baugh is Emeritus Professor of Performance and Technology at the University of Leeds and Professor of Theatre at the University of Hull, UK. He is a practising scenographer and has published numerous texts on the history and theory of scenography.

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editors' PrefacePreface: On Writing Theatre History and My Mother's Button BoxAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Performing Great Exhibitions: A Nineteenth-Century Speciality2. Rejection of the Past: A Modern Mode of Thought3. The Scene as Machine: Part 1: Scenography as a Machine for Performance4. The Scene as Machine: Part 2: Constructing and Building the Scene as Machine5. The Scene as Machine: Part 3: The Kinetic Stage Machines of Josef Svoboda6. The Century of Light: Part 1: Diffused and Living Light7. The Century of Light: Part 2: Light Beams and Images8. The Scene as the Architecture of Performance9. Some Rejections of Technology in Theatre and Performance10. New Technologies and Shifting Paradigms11. Scenography as Dramaturgy and Technology of PerformanceNotesFurther ReadingBibliographyIndex.

Praise for the first edition: 'An extremely valuable work, which combines detailed analysis with a helpful contextual overview.' - Professor Dominic Shellard, University of Sheffield, UK 'There simply are no competing texts: Chris Baugh's unique arrangement of scenographic buttons is immediately a key work in the field - invaluable and long overdue.' - Richard Downing, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'I strongly recommend this new edition. The title has been considerably updated throughout and the addition of a new chapter sows the seeds for new directions in scenographic enquiry. Students and researchers of performance design will find this a valuable resource on the history and future of scenography.' - Studies in Theatre and Performance