The internet has many resources that can enrich your study of this chapter by providing background information on the play that was produced, and information about the theater where the production was staged.
In addition, you can find related links that illustrate different types of set models, costume sketches, and pre-production photographs.
After looking at these links, make a list of the steps that you would take in preparing for a production. Who would you meet with first? How do the decisions you make at the start of a production inform what the play will look like?
This site on the University of Guelph’s website displays photos of set models that are currently archived in the university’s theatre library. (
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/archives/theatre/set_model_intro.htm
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This collection at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an incredible resources, with rare costume and set designs, sketches and notes from over 150 productions. (
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/motley/abmotle.htm
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