Word: stagecraftsman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Hassard Short, 78, British-born stagecraftsman, director of more than 50 Broadway and West End shows; in Nice, France. Light-struck Hassard Short began (in Honeydew, 1920) a spectacular series of stage innovations by slinging an electrician over the stage in a bosun's chair to handle overhead spots, later installed the first permanent lighting bridge (The Music Box Revue, 1921), and the first revolving stage (The Band Wagon, 1931), startled Broadway by staging the Easter parade scene in As Thousands Cheer (1933) in rotogravure brown...
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