Theatre Design & Technology - Winter 1978 - 5

Theatre Design
&

Technology
Volume XIV. Number 4 * Winter, 1978
Journal of the United States
Institute for Theatre Technology

Contents
4 OISTT
5 Perspective Rendering by Hand-Held
Calculator
byPaul S. Hoffman

12 Robert Edmond Jones and Friends
A Talk by Millia Davenport

16 San Diego Shakespeare Festival Rises
from the Ashes
by Vicki Earle

25 Book Reviews

29 New Products
31 News
On the Cover: Design by Millia Davenport for Provincetown Player's Love for Love, 1925. Photograph by John
Hirsch.

Introduction
This issue might be entitled the "Convention Issue"
as two of the articles are taken from sessions at
USITT's Phoenix convention in March.
The goal of technology has ostensibly been the elimination of laborious and tedious work from everyday
life-the simplification of our day-to-day tasks. By applying the technology of the pocket calculator to the
centuries-old formulae of perspective, Paul Hoffman
has done just that, vastly simplifying the often complex
job of perspective drawing.
In a somewhat different vein, Millia Davenport, a costume designer with the Provincetown Players, brought
a firsthand historical view to the convention. The session, which included Ed Kook, was entitled The Scenographic Heritage of America and centered about the
life and work of Robert Edmond Jones. In Ms. Davenport's presentation, however, Jones was merely a touchstone for a panoramic view of theatre and life in the
1920's. While the printed speech cannot recapture the
animated spirit of the talk, we felt it was worth sharing
with all those who could not be there to hear it. (An
article on Mr. Kook is planned for the near future.)
Finally, we include an article on the amazingly rapid
construction of a temporary theatre to replace San
Diego's Old Globe Theatre which was destroyed by fire
this past March.

Back issues of Theatre Design & Technology are available from
Xerox University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI
48106.

This issue is Tony Courtade's last as Book Review
Editor. The demands of teaching and designing have
forced him to resign after five years with the journal. His
efficiency and dependability have made him a most
welcome and necessary part of the staff. On behalf
of Tom Watson, who worked with him for four years,
and ourselves, we thank him for an excellent job and
wish him the best of luck.
The new Book Review Editor will be Jared Saltzman,
designer and technical director at Bergen Community
College in New Jersey. Jared is also an active member
of the Scenography Commission. At the core of any
review section, of course, are the reviewers. All members are invited to review books; those who are interested may contact Jared at 138 Silleck St., Clifton, N.J.
07013.

A.A.
K.D.

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