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carrying Appia's concepts to America
(during his 1917 Vieux Colombier performances in New York) where a
generation of young designers, includ·
ing Robert Edmond Jones, Kenneth
Macgowan, and Lee Simonson, among
others, were to be profoundly influenced by Appia's theories and
designs.
Adolphe Appia: Theatre Artist insures that Appia's towering influence
on the modem theatre will continue
to inspire. As the author points out,
already Appia's impact "calmot even
remotely be estimated."
James Fisher
Wabash College,
Crawfordsville, Indiana

BOOKS RECEIVED

The Director's Directory
compiled and edited by the
American Director's Institute
and Broadway Press.
ew York: American Director's Institute, Inc., 1987 ISB 0-911747-08-7,
140 pp., S15.00 cloth

Olaf Soot executed the designs for the stages at the John F Kennedy
Center in Washington. DC and was involved in major projects at the
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Empire State
Theater in Albany. Y. Indiana University Musical Arts Center in Bloomington. IN. Centro Civico Coquivacoa in Venezuela and many others. His
early designs of the lifting system for the chandeliers at the Metropol·
itan Opera House and of the movable acoustical ceiling at the Juilliard
School of Music in ew York City employed single failure proof principles
because audience safety was deemed paramount. Twenty years later
these designs are still functioning smoothly.

(718) 361·2480

Directory of Historic American
Theatres
edited by John Frick and
Carlton Ward for the League of
Historic American Theatres.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood
Press Inc., 1987. ISB 0-313-24848-0,
xvii +347 pp., ill., $45.00 cloth.
Eighteenth Century British
and Irish Promptbooks:
A Descriptive Bibliography
by Edward A. Langhans.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood
press Inc., 1987. ISBN 0-313-2-+029-9,
xxxiv + 269 pp_, ill., S49.95 cloth.
The German Stage, 1767-1890:
A Directory of Playwrights
and Plays
compiled by Veronica C. Richel.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood
press, 1988. ISBN 0-313-2-+990-3,
xiv + 231 pp., S-+5_00 cloth.
eoclassical Theatre:
A Historical Handbook
by Ronald W Vince.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood
Press Inc., 1988. ISBN 0-313-2-+-+45-6,
xi + 230 pp., S45.00 cloth.

The Stage Lighting Handbook:
Third Edition
by Francis Reid.
New York: Theatre Arts Books/Methuen, 19 8. ISB 0-87830-988-8, 176
pp_, ilL, S13.95 paper.
Sourcebook for the Performing Arts: A
Directory of Collections, Resources,
Scholars, and Critics in the Theatre,
Film and Television
compiled by Anthony Slide, Patricia
King Hanson, and Stephen 1. Hanson.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood
Press Inc., 198 . ISBN 0-313-2-+872-9,
viii + 227 pp., S45.00 cloth.
Working on a ew Play
by Edward M_ Cohen.
ew York: A Prentice-Hall Press
Book, 19
ISB
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xiv - 216 pp_, S16.95 cloth.
Anyone wishing to review one of these
books, please contact:
Tom likotowicz,
TDevT Book Review Editor
3-+5 Webster Avenue
Apartment -+B
Brooklyn, ew York 11230
(718) 85-+-0039

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