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OISTAT
Foreign J oumals
Actualite de la Scenographie (Belgium) r, March
1985: "Charles Dullin and His Designers" by Y.
Bonnat; "The State Bureau: Theatre Project
Consultants Limited, Bernard Guillaumot, Versammlungsbauplanung, C. E. D.l.A."; "The Scenographer, the Scenography and the Rest" by B.
Jaunay; "Institule for the Study of Cultural
Buildings"; "Retrospective" by T. Joukovsky.
Biihnentechnische Rundschau (We t Germany) I
February 1985: "1\lodel for the Future" by A.
Everding; "Training to Be an Artistic Lighting
Technician" by A. PUlzer; "The ew Kurtheater
in Bad Homburg" by K. Wever; "Space Technology for Stage Lighting"; "Theatre at the
Depot" by A. ZOlzmann.
--2, April 1985: "Hessisches Staatstheater,
Wiesbaden"; "Staatstheater am Gartnerplalz,
Munich"; "Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg"; "Deulsches Theater in Gottingen"; "The
Wurttemberg Staat theater's 'GroBe Haus' in
Stultgart"; "Theater des West ens, Berlin"; "The
Prinzregententheater in I\lunich."
Cue (Great Britain) 32, I ovember I December
198~: "Design at the Bush" by R. Don; "The
Pursuit of Intelligibility" by P.w. Barnett and
V.W. Dobbs; "Projecting Back Over 50 Years"
by F. Bentham; "Scenery for a Complete Opera
Contained in a Small Box"; "Austria and Australia" by F. Reid.

--34, Marchi April 1985: "Double Dutch" by
l. Mackintosh; "Amsterdam Again" by F. Reid;
"Stage Design" by D. Fingleton; "Art Decor in
Melbourne" by F. Reid; "ABTT Trade Show Report" by J. Laws.
Podium (The etherlands) I, January I February
1985: "Lichtontwerpers Congres' by H. Olink;
"Interview Decorbouwers" by H. Olink;
"Radio-Uitzending Tros"; "Arbo-Wet" by J.
Zoet; "Sound Seminar 1984."
Profile (I ew Zealand) II, December 1985: "Experiences with Outdoor Lighting" by A. Blennerhassell; "Almost ot a Midsummer 1 ight's
Dream" by B. Brinsley; "Designing a High-Tech
Musical" by J. apier and D. Hersey.
Proszenium (Switzerland) I, April 1985: "The
House of Count Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen" by
J. Pock; "The Installation of Lighting for Small
Theatres" by R. Sutterlin; "Transformation of
the Theatre Municipal in Berne" by P. Tschanz;
"Committee Report" by E. Langner; "The Position of the Medical Profession According to the
l.A.A." by H. Schlegel.
Slo\'enske divadlo (Czechoslovakia) I, 1982:
"Thirty Years of the Journal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 'Slovak Theatre'" by Z. Rampak; "The Masks in the Slovak Folk Theatre" by
M. Slivka; "On Metamorphoses of Modern Dramatic Arts" by P. Karvas; "Ciller's Scenic De-

ign to Brecht's The Life afGalilea"; "Methodological Problems of the History of Slovak Cinematography and Its Contemporary State" by P.
Mihalik; "The Continuity of Great Tradition" by
J. Pasteka; "First Remarks on Film Work of
Vladimir Bahna" by P. Janik; "Mikulas Stefan
Feriencik, Dramatist of the Archives" by L.
CavojskY.
Svensk Teaterteknisk Forening (Sweden) I,
March 1985: "The Costume of ils Sture" by J.
Arnold; "Relation Between State and Auditorium" by L. Vychodil; "Confidensen"; "New
Community Theatre"; "Training for Theatre
Technicians.' ,
--2, May 1985: "With Ingmar Bergman on
Tour" by B. Thorell; "Blood, Wash and Teach"
by B. Thorell; "Marionetten-A ew Theatre in
Stockholm"; "A Flexible Seating System" by G.
Steneby; "Research of the Theatres' Working
Environment and Future Development" by L.
Persson.
Swedish Theatre Suedois (Sweden) 1, 1985: "interview: Lars af Malmborg" by A.M. Engel;
"The Playwright of the '80s: Lars oren" by C.
Hoogland; "Children's Theatre" by B. Backlund; "Hitler's Childhood" by . Gredeby;
"Dance" by P. Bohlin; "10 Years 40" by H. Rosenberg; "A Swedish Regional Theatre: Successes
in Vastedis" by A.M. Engel; "A Shakespearean
Year" by H. Rosenberg; "Dual Jubilee in
Gothenberg"; "The Swedish ational Theatre
Centre" by H. Rosenberg.

Some Observations on the OISTAT Congress
by Roger Morgan
A brief repol'l on the Seventh Congress of the International
Organization of Scenographers, Technicians and Architects of
Theatre (OISTA T) appeared in the Summer issue of TD&T. -ed.

At the end of any gathering, such as the one recently held
at Reggio Emilia, similar questions are often asked. Has this
been a valuable experience for the participants? Did it accomplish its goals or could it have been better? Were there
any particular benefits that may not have been foreseen but
should be perpetuated at similar gatherings?
The conference was held in Reggio Emilia, a city of about
200,000, on a public square that includes a small amusement
area for children, an adjacent park with dense tall trees, a
street with stores, the two theatres and other abundant signs
of civilization. We were able to walk everywhere and the
effect was comparable to what it might have been like if it had
been held at Princeton, .J., in the town and on the campus.
The hosts of the event were the officials of the two beau22

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tiful theatres of Reggio Emilia and the architects who planned
the recent restorations of the Teatro Ariosto and the Teatro
M unicipale Valli. They were assisted by an excellent group of
aides who spoke a dozen languages and were the true heroes
of the conference. Without them most of us would have been
like teenagers at a first dance: tongue-tied, timid and wanting
either to be asked to dance or struck dead, as you choose ...
but quickly, please. As a mono-lingual American I suffered
more than some, I suppose. Many of the Europeans can
handle a couple of different languages or more. But the Russians had their own translator with them at all times. Of the
other Americans present, ed Bowman gets on fine in German and fakes his way through Italian using Spanish; Arnold
Aron on has a limited ability in French and Italian.
I overheard several complaints that papers were presented
without the benefit of discussion afterwards, and the process
of simultaneous translation was difficult for everyone, although the translators were excellent. But some guests spoke
extemporaneously or only from notes, producing an excellent
natural quality of both delivery and reception in the language
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