Word: stagecraft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hour-long prank is dangerous; this one was sheer disaster, and closed at week's end. Playwright Rice seemed to forget that cliches of satire can be every bit as mildewed as clichés of stagecraft. Result: an evening of heavy bowling balls that collided and careened while the tenpins remained untouched...
Jones is the most important designer, not only of the three, but of the entire American theater. Influenced directly by Gordon Craig's "new stagecraft," and indirectly by Adolphe Appia's theories of light, Jones designed a production of "A Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" in 1915. Instead of using stained glass and gothic arches to indicate a medieval scene, Jones symbolized the spirit of the play with light frame construction and cheerful primary colors. Historical accuracy was unimportant; in its place Jones put his own, highly personal, response to the play...
...earliest work in the exhibit is a model of Jones' seting for "A Man Who Married a Dumb Wife," which introduced a new concept of stagecraft to America in 1915. Other designs by Jones include sets for the John Barrymore "Hamlet" in 1923 and for several of Eugene O'Neill's plays, including "Mourning Becomes Electra" and "Ah, Wilderness...