Adolphe Appia - Artist and Visionary of the Modern Theatre (Broché)

This book is an account, analysis and critical evaluation of the work of the Swiss theatre designer and theorist, Adolphe Appia (1862-1928). Appia has long been recognised and revered as the most important innovator the concept and use of stage lighting, but extended far beyond this to embrace the fundamental reform of scenix design and the use of theatrical space. Many of his ideas, which were extremely advanced for his time, have now been widely accepted and put into practice, but Appia has not received the credit and attention he deserves, and much of his most important work has been difficult to obtain in English.
This book aims to redress this balance, both by a close critical analysis of his contribution to theatre, and by providing directly relevant examples from Appia's immensely important practical work, placed in the context of his innovative theoretical writing.