Theatre Design & Technology - Feb 1966 - 27

Journals for the Designer and Technician
While T D& T endeavors to fill a long-standing need
for an American publication to serve as an organ
of communication for theatre technology, the wellinformed practitioner may also wont to know what
other journals exist to cover similar subjects abroad.
The historical development of government-sponsored
theatre on the Continent has resulted in a greater
and more stable population of professionals who
read and write for their own journals. In thi s country
the impermanence typified by the run-of-the-show
contract in the commercial theatre has effectively
restricted professional growth, in the past, with
the resultant support for an organization and publications.
The journals are listed alphabetically for discussion,
and publication data cited for each is based on the
latest information available. The editors will, in
each case, answer inquiries directly and promptly.
Subscription rates quoted are subject to variation.

ACTA SCAENOGRAPHICA is the official organ of
the Institute of Scenography in Prague, maintained
with government support. Its articles range broadly
but emphasize stage design and the considerable
his tory of scenograph ic experi ment in that Coun try.
CustomarilYI four or eight pages are devoted to
illustrations. A multi-lingual insert provides abstracts of the major articles in Russian, Engli sh,
French and German. Whi Ie the translations are not
perfect they serve with the illustrations to indicate
if the article might warrant translation by the
speciali st el sewhere in the world. This is the best
journali stic indication of the singular depth and
breadth of stage design development in Czechoslovakia. Continuing features include reports on
experiments and activities of the Institute of ScenographYI recent buildings and exhibitions l and
patents granted in major West European and Soviet
Bloc countries.
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A typical issue (No. 51 1965-66) includes:

ACT A SCAENOGRAPHICA
Address:

Founded:
Language:

Miroslav Kouril, Editor
Scenografi ck y Ustav
Praha 3
Vinohradska 117
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
circa 1959
.fzech, with multi-language abstracts

Frequency:

monthly

Pages:

Format:

8~4"

x llY2"

Subscription: $3.50 per year l entered with
ARTIA-PRAGUE
Smecky 30
Prague 1
CZECHOSLOVAKIA

"Perspective Plan of the Development of Technology
within the Cultural Field for the Period 1966-70,"
by a member of the Czech Ministry of Education and
Culture;
"On Scenograph ic Practi ce in th e State Theatre
of Saxony (DresdenL" by three technicians of the
theatre;
"Light on Stage / " by the French expert George LeBlanc;
"Scenic Light and the Light Curtain / " by the chief
lighting technician of the Leningrad Academic
Theatre;
"Jaroslav
Editor;

Hasek:

Hasek's

Newspaper / "

the

A brief article on a theatre adapted from a railroad
roundhouse, reprinted from TABS magazine; and
A prospectus for the First International Symposium
on ScenographYI to be held in Prague on June 6-12
1966.
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ACTA SC.ENOGRAPHICA

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BUHNENTECHNISCHE RUNDSCHAU
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Address:

Walther Unruh l Editor
62 Wiesbaden
Haydenstrasse 8
GERMANY

Founded:

circo 1907

Language:

German

Frequency:

bi-monthly

Pages:

30-36

Format:

81~" x 11 12"

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Subscription: $4.50 (DM 18.) per year entered with
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february 1966

Klasing & Co. GmbH
Berlin 30
Schoneberger Ufer 59
GERMANY

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