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Wandering Around in the Dark: An Exhibit of Stage Manager Artifacts

Print: Stage Manager and Prompter

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Print: Stage Manager and Prompter
Title (Dublin Core)
Print: Stage Manager and Prompter
Description (Dublin Core)
This print is from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The print is from the Harry Beard collection. It shows a stage manager reading from a prompt script and waiting for his cue to pull the curtain. For a position in the theater that didn’t really become its own career until later in the 20th century, this rendering is a great representation of what stage managing is. It’s trying to look at multiple documents, stay in the moment, and also remember where all the technical cues go at any given moment.
Date (Dublin Core)
1829
Creator (Dublin Core)
Victoria & Albert Museum
Rights (Dublin Core)
Victoria & Albert Museum.
Subject (Dublin Core)
theater
Identifier (Dublin Core)
waitd_1829_VA_print
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