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914.

Bentham, Frederick. "The Abby Theatre, Dublin," ABTI News
Letter (Jan. 1967). pp. 9-10. Short description and evaluation
of the Abby.

915.

Bentham. Frederick. "Theatre Design in Britain." TABS (June
1966). pp. 3-11. A shan survey of British theatres within the
last 100 years. FairlY comprehensive for its length. Includes many
descriptions and measurements.

916.

917.

Bentham, Frederick. "Royal Shakespeare at the Barbican," TABS
(Dec. 1966). pp. 32-35. Description of the theatre being built
in London for Peter Hall and company as pan of an Arts Centre.
Includes models of this semi-proscenium theatre.
Bykov, Valentin. "Two Tendencies in the Evolution of Theatre
Architecture," Theatre Design & Technology (May 1965). pp.322; (Oct. 1965), pp. 21-26. Two part article comparing "Formal" and "Realistic" architecture trends. A fresh look at some
recent theories. Includes many photos, plans and statistics of
theatres behind the Iron Curtain.

918.

"Canadian Theatres; First Inventory Report." Theatre Design &
Technology 10ct. 1966), p. 52. Partial list of Canadian theatres
constructed since 1960. Includes five.

919.

"Consulting in the Theatre," Theatre Design & Technology
(Oct. 1966). pp. 38-43. Jean Rosenthal, Oavid Peacock, Gary
W. Gaiser and Donald Swinney discuss theatre consulting. They
generally agree that the persons involved in planning the theatre
should communicate and work together throughout to adequately
plan for any changes necessary along the way. And to work all
in good faith.

920.

Crang, James C. "The St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto," Theatre
Design & Technology (Oct. 1966), pp. 31-32. Short discussion
of plans for this arts centre with six drawings.

921

"Flexible Stage and Auditorium Arrangement: Vivian Beaumont
Repertory Theatre:' Theatre Design & Technology (Oct. 1965),
p. 27. Sketch and short description.

922.

Golding Children's Theatre, New York, New York. Daniel Chait,
architect. AIA-AETA Theatre Architecture Exhibit, 1966.

923.

Hayes, John S. "Theatre Presentation:' Theatre Design & Technology (Oct. 1966), p. 36. Makes suggestions for improvements
in the Ontallo Stratford Festival Theatre. Useful to anyone considering a thrust stage. One photo. Plans on p. 37.

924.

Hinton, Denys. "The Oracle of History" Arena: Architectural
Assn. Journal (London) IFebruary 1967), pp. 195-98. Scholarly
conjecture on the lighting and acoustics in the Athenian assembly
halls, the Pnyx (outdoor) and the Bouleuterion (indoor). 6 Illust.

925.

"A House for Grand Opera:' Architectural Record (September
1966), pp. 149-55. 12 lIIus. Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center.
Most valuable for clear plans and photos.

926.

Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas.
Architects: Caudill Rowlett Scott. AIA-AETA Theatre Architecture
Exhibit, 1966.

927.

Jaffe, Christopher. "Light Weight Concert Shells: Myth or Reality?" Theatre Design & Technology (Feb. 1966), pp.20-26.
Basic theory of shells and description of success of light-weight
fibreglas shells. Includes several sketches. photos and performance
graphs.

928.

Kalintsev, V. "A Mechano-Optical Model for Determination of
Seat Row Elevations in Theatres:' Theatre Design & Technology
(Dec. 19651, pp. 14-15. Offers a method for the determination
of elevation of the rows of seats. A fairly simple setup. Includes
sketches. [Originally in Arkhitektura SSSR, No. (1964). pp. 4748.)

929.

Kent, Leticia. "Life at Lincoln Center, or the High Cost of Culture:' The Village Voice (Jan. 12, 1967), pp. 1 and 19. A
look at the general financial problems at Lincoln Center.

930.

Kreps, Bonnie. "Partial List of Theatres Constructed Since 1946,"
Theatre Design & Technology (Oct. 1965). pp. 28-29. Listing
with locations of fifty-six U.S. theatres.

931.

Land, Dick. "Harvard's Loeb Drama Center: The First Three
Years:' Theatre Design & Technology (May 1965), pp. 12-18,
29. A first-hand account of the strengths and weaknesses of the
center. Considerable detail about design, measurements, equipment,
productions.

932.

Loney. Glenn. "From the Flames A Delayed Phoenix: Munich's
Rebuilt National Theatre:' Theatre Design & Technology (Oct.
1965), pp. 3-8. Rather elaborate description of the rebuilt Bavarian National Theatre. Includes photos and plans but does not
go into any great detail about anyone thing.

933.

Loney, Glenn. "Two Hundred Candles-Simulated- for the Drottningholm:' Theatre Design & Technology IDec. 1966). pp. 311. Description of Stockholm's Drottningholm Court Theatre, one
of the very few 18th century theatres to survive intact. Includes
seventeen photos of scenery, stage. machinery. etcetera.

934.

Malraux, Andre. "Pour Une Maison De La Culture:' International
Theatre Informations (Mars-Avril 1966), pp. 38-43. Photos of
La Maison de la Culture d' Amiens.

935.

McCarthY, Sean. "Suburban Picture Frames," TABS (Dec. 1966),
pp. 15-21. Drawings and article about the Metropole Theatre at
Camberwell, London, built in 1890's on a triangular plot by
J.B. Mulholland.

936.

"The Met's Amazing Stage," Architectural Record (September
1966). pp. 157-60. 7 Illustrations Technical details and backstage photos. Good enlarged plan and section.

937

Miller, James H. "Stone Age Art in An IBM World?" The Earlham Review (Fall 1966). pp. 68-81. Reviews theatre form from
the demands of the actor-audience relationship and some psycho·
logical aspects of human visual perception.

938.

Mullin, Donald C. "Real Theatres Please," Theatre Design &
Technology (May 1966). pp. 12-16. Suggested approaches to
the problems outlined in his Dec. 1965 article. A reasonable
approach to a theatre which is flexible and maintains theatricality,
intimacy and sense of occasion. "The plans of these structures
[theatres for the "new" drama] really have nothing whatever to do
with actors or scenery. One eliminates scenery by not putting any
up, and one focuses upon the actor by lighting him. Spending
vast sums of money for 'new' methods of staging to perform
these same simple functions reminds one of the worst excesses
of the French Revolution, and we all know what that unfortunate
movement led to. One must remind revolutionaries that Danton's
Death, Man and the Masses, Waiting for GOG at, and The
Chairs, all revolutionary dramas. were successfully produced initially in quite ordinary theatres."

939.

Mullin, Donald C. "Theatre as Something Else: A History of
Apologies:' Theatre Design & Technology (Dec. 1965). pp.3-8.
A review of some of the philosophies behind theatre architecture
including theatre as archeology, theatre as ma chine and others.
Includes plans of several representative theatres.

940.

New Theatres:' Cultural News from Germany (Jan. 1967).
p. 14. Worms City Theatre!Worms, Germany!municipal-professional! !840//Nov. 1966, Short Description.
In the last few months new theatres have been opened in three
cities in south Germany. At the beginning of November a new
theatre, erected at a cost of eleven million marks and over a peri·
ad of three years, was opened at Worms on the site of the old
theatre which had been completely destroyed in the war. The
new building has an auditorium for 840 and is furnished with
the most modern technical machinery for rapid scene-changing
and lighting effects. As Worms has no theatre ensemble of its
own at present, seventeen ensembles, from Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Wiesbaden, Vienna, Basel, Zurich, and other cities, have
been engaged for this season.

941.

A few days before the opening at Wurzburg, December '66, the
town of SchwelOfurt on the river Main also opened a new theatre.
This is the first time Schweinfurt has had a theatre of its own.
It was built at a cost of thirteen million marks, and is provided
with all the latest technical apparatus. Architecturally it stresses
the horizontal, and combines an auditorium seating 785, administrative offices, stage area and foyer within a comparatively small
area. The theatre has an ensemble of its own, but it is expected
that there will be frequent visits by German, Swiss and Austrian
companies. For the opening the Munich State Opera give a gala
performance of Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro."
942.

"New Theatres," Cultural News from Germany (Jan. 1967).
p. 15. Schweinfurt City Theatre!Schweinfurt, Germany/municipal-professional! /785// Dec. 1966. Short description.

"New Theatres," Cultural News from Germany (Jan. 1967).
p. 14. Wurzburg City Theatre/ Wurzburg, Germany/ municipalprofessional//7 50! ! Dec. 1966. The new Wurzburg City Theatre
was opened at the beginning of December with a performance of
Wagner's "Mastersingers." It has a seating capacity of 750, and
the technical equipment is almost entirely automatic. The facade
is of painted concrete, natural stone and aluminium. It will be
used for opera, operetta and the drama, but in accordance with
the wishes of the intendant, Dr. Herbert Decker, pride of place
will be given to the drama. The studio theatre "Forum der Zeit"
which IS attached to it will be devoted primarily to modern works,
and seek to forge links with the university and the State Can·
servatoire. The theatre's ensemble consists very largely of newly
engaged actors, and already ten thousand season tickets have
been sold for this season.

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