Edward Gordon Craigs ideas regarding set and lighting have had an enormous impact on the development of the theatre we know today. In this new and updated edition of his well-known study of Edward Gordon Craig; Professor Christopher Innes shows how Craigs stage work and theoretical writings were crucial to the development of modern theatre. This book contains extensive documentation and re-evaluates his significance as an artist; actor; director and writer. Craig is placed in historical context; and his productions are reconstituted from unpublished prompt-books; sketches; journals and correspondence. Most of the designs and photographs; and many of Craigs writings cited; are not available elsewhere in print. Readers will gain insight into a key period of theatrical history; the life of one of its most fascinating individuals; the nature of stage performance; and into revolutionary ideas that are still challenging today.
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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful. Worth every penny!By KimThis book weighs almost 2 lb has 540 pages so youll know your iPad. Retail price as stated on back is $24.99. The pages are white matte and slick. The font is a medium size which looks to be size 12.There is plenty to learn even if you think you know everything. It explains things like the 7 kinds of finger controls and changing the color balance of photos. Also panoramic shots; trimming videos; time lapse modes; panning; auto enhancing; cropping; adjusting colors; adjusting lighting of shots; all about included apps; deleting and rearranging; timers; stopwatch; explaining iCloud and iTunes; podcasts and hundreds of other subjects.Its a great book!37 of 37 people found the following review helpful. Learning Curve Shortcut...By Kay in TXPurchased the (iOS 8) version for Kindle to use in getting up to speed with my new iPad Air (a huge upgrade from my old original iPad). Using Siri/Facetime/Video etc. - The Missing Manual offers great user tips as well as basic instructions. My new iPad is getting a workout. My husbands iPad 2 is being put through its paces as well - oh; the things he never knew.Im aware I could scrounge around and find instructions on this stuff eventually (yes; I have the Apple users guide); but what a great shortcut for the learning curve. Easy to read and logically organized; its a real jumpstart for iPad users!69 of 70 people found the following review helpful. Witty; Informative; iPad GuideBy Joe MooneyReview of iPad: The Missing Manual 7th Edition; byDavid PogueI must confess that I have become a huge fan of David Pogues Missing Manual books; since I first discovered them about 4 years ago. Some of the MMs are written by other authors; but frankly Mr. Pogues work is the gold standard of the brand; which is why I resisted purchasing the iPad MM until this year; when Mr. Pogue took over the task of writing it. I am happy to report; I have not been disappointed.If you are a non-technical person or iPad novice this book will provide a cheerful; easy-going introduction to the vast capabilities of this amazing tablet; in a jargon free; easy to follow format. Even experienced iPad users will find tips and tricks that are otherwise very difficult to obtain from web searches or Apple documentation. While experts could conceivably discover much of what is contained in this book; it would be a poor tradeoff as the time spent on web searches and verification would far exceed the time required to simply read this book.If you are a positive; forward looking sort; then youve heard enough. This is one of the best iPad books Ive come across; almost everyone will find something to like.Enough said.However; if you are a critical; cynical sort; youll want to know whats not to like. After all; nothing is perfect. The following is for you:It seems to me that Mr Pogue has taken on a huge number of authoring commitments in the last half of 2014. He has written; or is in the process of writing/updating 4 books that I know of: his iPhone Missing Manual; his OS X Missing Manual; this iPad Missing Manual; and Pogues Basics. The previous versions of this iPad manual were written by a different author; and it seems that Mr. Pogue has chosen to adapt his iPhone MM to create this new iPad MM; rather than simply updating the previous version. Thats a reasonable approach given the vast similarities between the phone and the tablet. However; I get the impression that in the rush to produce the massive amount of content he has committed to; some errors have crept into this particular book. The good news is; most of the errors are not serious and only the most inexperienced users will have trouble with them. Also the author is strongly committed to correcting any errors that are reported; and updating subsequent releases of his books (there is also on-line errata available).All technical books have errors; and I dont find those in even this first release too serious. Its still one of the best iPad manuals you can lay your hands on that is current with the latest software release (iOS 8). It may indeed be the best manual available; but I cannot say for sure as I have not read all of them; and do not intend to do so.Note that; if you have both an iPhone and an iPad; you may wish to save yourself some precious reading time and purchase just one (either the iPad or the iPhone Missing Manual) rather than both. Because the devices are so similar; the manuals have a lot of commonality with each other. Whatever you choose; definitely consider reading one of these excellent manuals by Mr. Pogue.Regards;Joe Mooney