This handy reference book brings together under one cover an incredible variety of information useful to designers,
technicians and students who work behind the scenes in theatre, film and television. Its sturdy leatherette binding
will stand up to years of constant use.
The third edition updates this popular reference book with new terminology and materials, and adds dozens of
new illustrations of grip hardware, film lighting equipment and painting tools. Backstage Handbook includes
chapters on Tools,Hardware,Materials,Electrics,Shop Math,Architecture
and Theatre. There are hundreds of illustrations, tables and charts which cover everything from the stock
sizes and specs of wood screws, to safe working loads for several kinds of rope, to illustrations of twenty-two
types of standard lamp bases (with names and standard abbreviations of course).