Ralph Koltai: Designer for the Stage - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0853317704 ISBN 13: 9780853317708

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Ralph Koltai, internationally renowned designer for the stage, has raised theatre design to the status of an art. This book surveys Koltai's career, illustrating key stage designs such as Metropolis, one of his best known works, and examining his unquestionable influence on the performing arts in Great Britain.An acknowledged innovator, Koitai has designed over 200 theatre, musical, opera and ballet productions worldwide during his career of almost fifty years, and has worked with some of the greatest theatrical companies in the world including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, English National Opera, Covent Garden Royal Ballet, the Stockholm Opera and the Tokyo Bunkamura.This impressive volume includes contributions from some of the leading theatre directors working today, as well as interviews with Koltai himself in which he discusses his relationship with directors and the evolution of his designs. This book will stand as a tribute to one of the most innovative stage designers working in the performing arts in recent years.e

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About the Author

Ralph Koltai: born Berlin 1924; came to England 1939; served in British Army after the war; Central School student 1948-51, then Head of Theatre Design 1965-72; Associate Designer with RSC 1963-5 and again from 1976 to the present. Lives in London. He is the recipient of many awards, including the CBE in 1983, and the subject of several retrospective exhibitions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853317704
• ISBN 13: 9780853317708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Backemeyer Sylvia