Small Stage Sets on Tour: A Practical Guide to Portable Stage Sets

. Andi Lyons, SUNY at AlbanyCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Intended primarily for teachers, students, community theaters, and those regularly suffering from lack of financial backing or construction capabilities, this book provides basic information on converting less than ideal spaces into theatrical performance areas quickly and inexpensively. From Library Journal pap. 3d ed.), this slim volume examines the possibilities for touring shows with very limited budgets. theater This text continues Miller's efforts to make simple and workable scenery available to those with no background in theater technology or design. Although duplicating some of the material from his earlier books, most notably Self-Supporting Scenery (self-published, 1976. $7.95

Written by the leading authority on portable stage sets, James Hull Miller, this book contains his fifty years of experience in design, construction, and application of portable stage sets. Dozens of actual sets and instructions for how to build them are included. This is an indispensable resource for stage crews and theatre students, now in its second, revised edition.. This stagecraft text also examines various types of theaters and other playing spaces encountered in traveling productions. There are chapters on folding and clamped sets, stagecraft in schools and recital halls, and small theater designs

"try the other books by James Hull Miller" according to D. Sandlin. he wrote several books on self-supporting scenery, set building and set lighting all on a shoe string budget. The books are older but the concepts are still valid you may find the lighting stuff of questionable value unless you, like me, find real theater lights and LED technology outside your budget. BTW all the books are very similar and even use the same drawings in many cases.. slightly interesting but not useful. This is written for set people assuming you know how to build everything and rig everything. This has a couple of good tips for 2 sided sets, but that is about it. It does not tell you how to build a practical set that you can fold up and put on a truck or in a van. THe information on bracing and hardware is minimal. The emphasis is very much on 2 dimensional flying flats, not shed or house units, or even booths or trade show exhibits. Meh.. A Practical Guide to Portable Stage Sets This guide included some very helpful material - I stage direct for a small college w/ a small budget and this book was extremely useful. I especially enjoyed the the set design for The Barber of Seville. From prompting ideas for small yet effective and efficient set designs to actual detailed structural integrity guidance, this book is a treasure for any performing arts organization. --Glay Marie Posch, Hou., TX

His field of special interest was the development of a new stagecraft for the theatre which took the form of freestanding scenery. For many years he maintained a scenic studio, the Arts Lab, in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he gave workshops as well as constructed sets for use in a variety of spaces.Mr. Miller was a Charter Member of the U.S. . Institute for Th