Theatre Design & Technology - Feb 1970 - 2

THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

NUMBER TWENTY

FEBRUARY 1970

Journal of the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology

EDITOR
Ned A Bowman, University of Pittsburgh

CONTENTS
3 Editorial and News: Changes
4 Josef Svoboda and His
Henry Heymann

Czech Scenographic Milieu

12 Josef Svoboda's Use of Theatre-in- Theatre in Scene
Design Jarka M. Burian
20 Notes on the Slovak Scenographer Ladislav Vychodil
21

The Slovak National Theatre Shops, Bratislava (CSSRj

22 Partiallndex to the RussianJournalSCENIC TECHNIQUES
AND TECHNOLOGY: 1965-68 Alex Botkin, Nada Botkin
and John Gat
24 The New Hungarian National Theatre, Budapest
26 Teatro Nacional Ruben Dario, Managua Nicaragua
28 The Influence of Theatre Chairs on Acoustics Werner
Gabler
30 Movable Auditorium Ceiling, Juilliard School of Music
32 Book Reviews Thomas Watson
33 Recent Publications on Theatre Architecture
36 Beginning a Decade of USITT Thomas DeGaetani and
C. Ray Smith
Cover: Josef Svoboda's set for The Love for Three Oranges
(Prokofiev) is used to illustrate but one trick in the designer's seemingly bottomless bag. For more, see Jarka
Burian's article which begins on p. 12, and the accompanying general article by Henry Heymann, starting on p. 4.
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