INDEX
"ALCESTIS", [4]
Aristophanes, [5]
Art adviser, [17]
"Art of Being Bored, The", [48]
Quoted, [53], [54]-57
Stage grouping of, [54]-57
"As You Like It", [2]
BACKGROUNDS, [106]-107
Barker, Granville, [6]
Belasco, David, [89], [106]
"Blocking out", [24], [61]
Example of, [24]-33
"Blue Bird, The", [108]
"Box sets", [82], [89], [91], [100]
"Brignol and His Daughter", Setting for, [102], [103]
Business manager, Duties of, [11]-12, [14]
"CALL BOY", DUTY OF, [16]
Capus, Alfred, [102]
Cast, Ability of, [2]
Selection of, [19], [20]
Size of, [2]
"Chantecler", [108]
Characterization by amateurs, [2], [3], [4]
Cheney, Seldon, [76] (Note), [77]
Classics, [2], [3], [4]
"Clouds, The", [5]
Coach, Selection of, [20], [21]
Comedies, [4]
"Comedy of Errors, The", [2], [3], [5]
Setting for, [93]-94
Costume man, Duties of, [10], [14], [15], [17]
Costumes, [14]-15
Accuracy of, [108]-109
"Costumes and Scenery for Amateurs", [81]
Craig, Gordon, [102]
Crowds or large groups, Rehearsing of, [15], [58], [59]
Curtain man, Duties of, [10]
Cyclorama, [78]-81, [84], [88]
Construction of, [78], [79]-80, [81]
Description of, [78]
Value of, [78]
DE VEGA, LOPE, [4]
Deutsches Theater (Berlin), [95]
Diagram, Making of, [40]-46, [60]
Director, Duties of, [8]-10, [14], [16], [17], [20], [23], [24], [28], [34], [52], [58], [59], [64], [67], [73]
"Doctor in Spite of Himself", [5]
"Doll's House, A", [2]
Draperies, [80], [83], [92], [98]
"ELECTRA", [4]
Electrician, [13]
Euripides, [4]
"FAN, THE", [5]
"Far-away Princess, The", Setting for, [100]-101
Farces, [4]
Footlights, [86], [87], [89]
Boxed, [84]
Fortuny lighting system, [86], [88]
Furniture, Handling and setting of, [15]
GOLDONI, [4], [5]
Gregory, Lady, [90]
Grouping actors, [48], [58], [59], [61]
Examples of, [50]-52, [53]-57, [58]-59, [63]
"HAMLET", [4]
Handling and setting of scenery and furniture, [15], [17]
IMITATION OF PROFESSIONALS, [68], [69]
"Importance of Being Earnest, The", [3]
"Blocked out", [28]-34
Quoted, [24]-28
"Indian Summer", Quoted, [71]-72
Interpretation by amateurs, [69]-70
JONES, HENRY ARTHUR, [3], [46], [47], [48]
"Julius Cæsar", Costumes of, [108]
Grouping in, [58]-59
KLEIN, CHARLES, [89]
Kotzebue, [4]
"LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME," [3],5
Lessing, [4], [5]
Lessing Theater, Berlin, [107]
"Liars, The", [3], [46], [47]
Quoted, [46], [50]
Stage grouping of, [49]-52
Lighting, Stage, [76], [78]-79, [85], [89]
Examples of, [89], [90]
Fortuny system of, [86], [88]
Kinds of:
Arc, [88]
Border, [86]
Calcium, [88]
Footlights, [84], [86], [87], [89]
Lightman, Duties of, [10], [13]-14, [15]
"Lysistrata", [5]
MACKAY, CONSTANCE D'ARCY, [82]
"Magistrate, The", [4]
"Man and Superman", [4]
"Marrying of Ann Leete, The", [6]
"Merchant of Venice, The", [85]
"Milestones", [109]
"Minna von Barnhelm", [5]
"Modern Movement in the Theatre, The", [76] (Note)
Modern plays, [4], [6]
Moderwell, Hiram Kelly, [76] (Note), [77]
Quoted, [86]-87
Modulation, Example of, [71]-72
Molière, [3], [4], [5]
Music, [15], [17]
"Music Master, The", Lighting of, [89]
ORIGINAL PLAYS, [6]
PAILLERON, EDOUARD, [48]
"Peer Gynt", Setting for, [107]
Performance, Essentials of, [74] [75]
"Phormio", [5]
Plautus, [5]
Plays, "Cutting", [23]
Plays, Kind of, [8]-7
Classic, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [14]
Comedies, [4]
Farces, [4]
Modern, [4], [5]
Original, [6]
Problem, [4]
Sex, [4]
Thesis, [4]
Translated, [6]
Reading of, [23]-24
Plotting the stage, Examples of, [41]-45, [49]-52
Problem plays, [4]
Prompt-copy, Making of, [34]
Prompter, Duty of, [75]
Property man, Duties of, [10], [12], [13], [15], [75]
Proscenium, [81]
Alteration of, [81], [82], [83], [84], [103]-104
Diagrams of, [82], [83]
REHEARSALS, [15], [22], [58], [59], [61], [66], [67], [68], [70]
First, [22]-24, [61]
Second, [24], [61], [66]
Dress, [73], [74]
Scene and light, [74]
Reinhardt, Max, [95], [106]
Revolving stage, [85]
"Rising of the Moon, The", Lighting of, [90]
"Rivals, The", [3], [5]
"Romancers, The", [15], [106], [108]
Setting for, [97]-99
Rostand, [13], [97], [108]
SCENERY, HANDLING AND SETTING OF, [15], [17]
"Scrap of Paper, A", Setting for, [104]-105
Screens, [83], [92], [102]-103, [104]
Settings, Stage, [77], [81], [82], [83], [85], [89], [91]
"Box sets", [82], [89], [91]
Examples of, [93]-94, [95]-97, [97]-99, [100]-101, [102]-106
Sex plays, [4]
Shakespeare's plays, Settings for, [92], [98]-94, [94]-97, [97]-99, [106]
Stage business of, [52]
Shaw, G. Bernard, [3], [13], [34], [47]
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, [3], [5]
"She Stoops to Conquer", [5]
Simpson, J. Palgrave, [104]
Sophocles, [4]
Staff, Duties of members of, [9]-17, [73]-75
Head of (Director) [8]-10
Organization of, [8]-16
Stage, Physical requirements of, [76]
Revolving, [85]
Wagon, [85]
Stage "business", [52], [61], [62], [64], [66], [69]-70,
Examples of, [62], [63]-64, [65]
How to remember, [60]
Stage directions, [28] (Note)
For "You Never Can Tell", [35]-40
Stage grouping, see Grouping
Lighting, see Lighting
Manager, Duties of, [10]-11, [13], [14], [15], [16], [22], [23], [28], [74]
Settings, see Settings
Sudermann, Hermann, [100]
"Sumurûn", Background for, [106]
TERENCE, [5]
"Theatre of To-day, The", [76] (Note), [79]
Thesis plays, [4]
Translations, [6]
"Twelfth Night", Settings for, [94]-99, [106]
"Twins, The", [5]
WAGON STAGE, [85]
Wardrobe mistress, see Costume Man
Warfield, David, [89]
Wilde, Oscar, [3], [24], [47]
"YOU NEVER CAN TELL", [3], [13]
Diagram of, [40]-45
Quoted, [35]-40
Stage directions of, [40]