The Dramatic Imagination

"The Dramatic Imagination" is one of the few enduring works written about set design. Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding of design - its role at the heart of theater - that has continued to inspire theater students. The volume includes "A New Kind of Drama," "To a Young Stage Designer" and six other of Jones's "reflections."

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION by John Mason Brown 5 I. A NEW KIND OF DRAMA 15 II. ART IN THE THEATRE 23 III. THE THEATRE AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS 45 IV. TO A YOUNG STAGE DESIGNER 69 V. SOME THOUGHTS ON STAGE COSTUME 87 VI. LIGHT AND SHADOW IN THEATRE 111 VII. TOWARD A NEW STAGE 131 VIII. BEHIND THE SCENES