Word: stagecrafter
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...grinding crash is heard; the lights shudder, become fixed. For a moment only, the moon escapes from heavy clouds to shine on the face of Don Juan* as he leaps overboard to swim ashore. There is dialog in the scene also, but it is negligible. A triumph of stagecraft has been achieved with a few lights and a howling siren. A poet's art is applied to mechanism...
Then there is the Grand Guignol-the theatre of one-act playlets of horror and somewhat ribald mirth. No American visit to Paris is quite complete without one seance at the Grand Guignol. The Vieux Colombie-a highly original repertory company of experimentalists in the new stagecraft-should furnish you with several delightful evenings, even if you understand as little French as most New York theatrical critics do Russian. The Guitrys whatever they are acting in, individually or collectively, are worth observation. The Pitoeff company playing at the Comedie Champs Elysees, in The Lower Depths, Androcles and the Lion...
Opening today and remaining for only a short time there will be shown in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum an exhibition of the art of stagecraft arranged by Miss Eva Purdy of the Detroit Art Museum. The exhibition is under the auspices of the 47 Workshop and will be open during the afternoon only from 1-5 o'clock...
...Robert E. Jones '10 will speak tonight on "The New Drama" in the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall of the Music Building at 8 o'clock. Mr. Jones is recognized today as the leading artist in stagecraft in the country. He is particularly notable for his versatility--having designed every kind of scenery for many different kinds of theatrical works. It is expected that in his talk tonight he will touch on the relation of scenery to the modern drama and on the staging of modern plays...
...already proved successful in Philadelphia. "The Modern Drama Players," as they are called, will present three one-act masterpieces in novel and original settings designed by Livingston Platt, formerly connected with the 47 Workshop and with the Toy Theatre. Mr. Platt has been very successful in his idea of "stagecraft" and his present designs show unusual talent...