The Performing Set.The Performing Set Andrew B. Harris The University of North Texas Press The University of North Texas Press (or UNT Press), founded in 1987, is a university press that is part of the University of North Texas. External link
PO Box 311336, Denton, TX 76203-1336 1574412124 $37.95 unt.edu/untpress The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs Of William And Jean Eckart William and Jean Eckart were a husband-and-wife pair of leading set designers in the 1950s and 60s. The two designed sets, costumes, and lighting for many shows, including Mame, Of Mice and Men, Here's Love, Once Upon a Mattress, and by Andrew B. Harris (formerly Chair of the Theatre Departments of Columbia University, Texas Christian University Texas Christian University, at Fort Worth; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); coeducational; opened 1873 at Thorp Spring, chartered 1874 as Add Ran Male and Female College. It assumed its present name in 1902 and moved to Fort Worth in 1910. , and Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable isotopes, a museum of paleontology, and a graduate research center. ) is an eclectic and intrinsically interesting interpretation and collection of the works and influence of two outstanding visionaries and the mutual understanding the two of them shared. Introducing the reader to the wonderful background worlds of Hollywood and New York's Broadway, The Performing Set creates an interesting and informative format for all readers. The Performing Set is most especially recommended to film and theatre students, as well as to those who appreciate behind the scenes perspectives of the big screen, and aspire to creating theatrical sets of their own. |
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