Word: chapman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...early stage of the design, Bob Chapman and I consulted several well known stage designers and critics in New York. One, after listening to the proposal, said that architects in Europe and America have tried unsuccessfully to solve this problem for many years. He advised us to abandon the open stage and make a good design for proscenium productions. This advice made the challenge even greater...
...simple idea evolved: the room would be a simple rectangle, half of the seats set in stadium fashion, the other half on elevators capable of being shifted from proscenium style into a second position, making space for the open platform stage (sketch No. 4). Shortly after this breakthrough, Bob Chapman introduced M. Michel St. Denis, noted French producer and theater expert whom the University had asked to advise on the design concept. We spent many profitable hours exchanging theories and ideas. St. Denis was sympathetic with our views, but emphasized "concentration of the audience toward the place of action...
...Chapman Report, Wallace...
...Chapman Report, Wallace...
Whatever you wish to say about the merits of my current novel, The Chapman Report, is your privilege. However, this novel was a total personal creative effort, seriously approached. Your statement that the book was hatched by Victor Weybright of Signet is an absolute lie. The book was partially written when Weybright offered to buy future reprint rights, in advance, sight unseen. Neither he nor anyone else had anything to do with the book or saw a word of it until it was completed...