Costumes and Scenery for Amateurs - Constance D'Arcy MacKay - Bog

""Costumes and Scenery for Amateurs"" is a comprehensive guidebook written by Constance D'Arcy Mackay that provides helpful tips and instructions for creating costumes and scenery for amateur theatrical productions. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the basics of design and construction, the use of color and texture, and the importance of historical accuracy. It also offers practical advice on how to work with limited resources and budgets, as well as how to adapt existing costumes and sets for different productions. With detailed illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in amateur theater or interested in costume and set design.1915. This book endeavors to set before amateurs who are doing their own producing a series of costumes and scene sets that can easily be copied for plays, pageants, masques or festivals in which adults and children take part. Costumes for children�������s plays are specially pictured since there is no costume book for children extant. Both children and adults will find costumes and scene designs covering the range of this historical play, the folk play, the fairy play and the play of fantasy. By following the designs in this book any American Historical Pageant may be completely costumed.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.