This is the first textbook of its kind to focus on the designer’s art rather than on the technical aspects of stage design.
Payne has emphasized conceptual problems and research, and has drawn examples from the writings of E. Gordon Craig, Sean Kenny, Bertolt Brecht, and John Hatch.
About the Author, Darwin R. Payne
Darwin Reid Payne has practiced and taught stage design for seventeen years. He is at present Associate Professor of Theatre and Designer for the University Theatre, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
