Contents

Preface

One.    The Lighting Designer                      1
Two.    About J.R.                                 9
Three.   Collaboration                            27
 Four.   The History of Illumination              41
 Five.   Lighting the Play                        57
  Six.   Lighting the Musical                     73
Seven.   Lighting the Opera                       87
Eight.   Lighting the House                      105
 Nine.    To Dance in Light                      115
         Tools of the Trade                      133
         Lighting by Jean Rosenthal              207
         Sources of Marginal Quotations          247
         Index                                   251