TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smalley,Michael
TI  - Stage management: communication design as scenography 
T2  - Readings in theatre practice
SN  - 9781137607683
AV  - PN2085 .S63 2024
U1  - 792.02/3 23/eng/20230721
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Methuen Drama
KW  - Stage management
N1  - P.B; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "Drawing on interview material from more than 20 leading stage managers from the UK, USA and Australia this book situates the contemporary practice of stage management within its historical and social contexts. Questioning the notions of the invisible stage manager and a linear production process, it argues for a broader conception of stage management lying at the intersections of administration, management and artistry. It places stage management practice within, and introduces its practitioners to, key theories of fields as diverse as performance studies, semiotics, phenomenology, distributed cognition, management and scenography, and demonstrates how stage managers embed these in their practice"--
ER  -