Costume Designer's Handbook, The: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Designers - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131812718 ISBN 13: 9780131812710

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Synopsis

Newly revised and updated, The Costume Designer's Handbook is now more comprehensive than ever and is the backbone of any costume designer's library since its original publication in 1983. Features of this new edition include:

• a foreword by Arvin Brown, Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre
• guidance on how to read and analyze a play
• plans for establishing a costume plot
• insights into working with directors and other designers
• resources for doing historical research
• a discussion of the properties of color
• sketching, drawing, and drafting techniques
• an 8-page color insert
• 150 black-and-white photos, drawings, and charts
• a complete, up-to-date reference section

About this title

Synopsis:

This guide provides advice on: how to read and analyze a play; plans for establishing a costume plot; insights into working with directors and other designers; resources for doing historical research; a discussion of the properties of colour; and sketching, drawing and drafting techniques.

About the Author:

Liz Covey is a freelance costume designer whose work has been seen in England's and America's leading theatres. She has taught at Barnard College, Columbia University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Bennington College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• ISBN 10: 0131812718
• ISBN 13: 9780131812710
• Binding: Paperback