Stage Lighting Design: A Practical Guide

In Stage Lighting Design, a leading expert guides readers through experience to knowledge, inviting them to investigate every aspect of the roles of the stage electrician and the lighting designer. Among the topics covered are choosing and using equipment; working with color; techniques for focusing; planning, testing, and executing a lighting design; lighting in the round and other staging layouts; and lighting Shakespeare, Brecht, and many other production styles. Throughout, safety points are emphasized and clearly highlighted in the text.

Neil Fraser spent 17 years as Head of Lighting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and is currently RADA's Director of Technical Training. Richard Attenborough was a British filmmaker and actor.