Maccoy Essentials of Stage Management

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-135-87318-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maccoy, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theater: Technik, Bühnentechnik, Einrichtung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
List of illustrations 4
Foreword by Nicholas Hytner 5
Acknowledgements 6
Introduction 7

1. The Role of Stage Management 10
A brief history 11
Roles and responsibilities 14
Stage management beyond the UK 21

2. The Stage Manager as Manager 24
Management theory 26
Management in practice 36
Communication skills 39
Organizational skills 49
Rules and regulations 54

3. Research and Preparation 57
Initial research 58
Text analysis 58
Background research 66
Technical analysis 69

4. Preparing for Rehearsal 78
The creative team 78
Preparing for rehearsals 84
Making up the set 92

5. The Rehearsal Period 112
Phase 1: introduction - the first rehearsal 112
Phase 2: blocking 115
Phase 3: working 123
Phase 4: running 128
Managing rehearsals 129

6. The Production Period 141
Production schedule 141
The get-in and fit up 144
The technical period 156
Dress rehearsals 166

7. The Performance and Beyond 169
Managing performance 169
During the performance 178
After the performance 182
8. Stage Properties 192
Types of prop 193
Propping: first steps 196
Sourcing props 198
Working with the designer, director and cast 209

9. Safe Practice 214
Legal requirements 215
Risk assessment 217
Licensing 222
Other regulations 227

10. Contemporary Practice 229
Technology 229
New theatre forms and spaces 231
Legal obligations 232
Becoming a stage manager 233

Bibliography 237

Appendices 239
A Health and safety legislation 239
B Code of practice for health and safety demonstrations for performers and stage management 239
C Fire and evacuation procedures 240
D Risk control - managing the stage 241
E Summary of four steps to risk assessment 244
F Model technical rider 245

Index 255

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Maccoy is a Lecturer at the Central School of Speech and Drama and an experienced stage manager. He has worked at the National Theatre and the Chichester Festival Theatre, and has toured with the Peter Hall Company and the Almeida Theatre Company. He has also worked as a pyrotechnician on large scale outdoor events, and as a stage manager on a number of "industrial" theatre events.