02594cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500480014425000200019226400510021230000470026333600260031033700260033633800360036250000310039850801880042952013870061753400740200465300420207865300190212085600550213985600430219499900190223776304UtSlPG20260610134751.0mcr n260607r20251900utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aND1 aGoldston, Will,d1877-194810aSecrets of scene painting and stage effects  aSeventh edition 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-06-15  aRichard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"Secrets of scene painting and stage effects by Will Goldston" is a practical guidebook on theatrical scenography and stagecraft written in the early 20th century. Aimed especially at amateurs and small companies, it explains how to plan, paint, build, rig, and light scenery, and how to create convincing stage effects.  The book opens by stressing scenery’s role in realism, offers a brief history of staging from the Greeks to movable scenery, and then provides step‑by‑step instruction on materials (flax canvas, sizing, distemper paints), brushes, priming, sketching, mixing colors for light and shadow, and safe fireproofing. It teaches scaling a sketch to full size, simple rules of perspective for interiors and streets, and practical design choices for cottages, halls, and landscapes, including stenciling and color schemes. Clear guidance follows on handling scenery—back cloths, flats, braces, and wings—plus building a portable platform and stage with curtain and rigging. Lighting with limelight and gels is outlined, and a large section details sound and weather effects: horses’ hoofbeats, thunder sheets, rain boxes, wind machines, snow cloths, rippling water, and compact mechanical devices for cinemas. Throughout, it emphasizes broad, stage-true effects, careful timing, and efficient backstage practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1900  aTheaters -- Stage-setting and scenery  aScene painting4 uhttps://archive.org/details/secretsofscenepa00brow40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76304  c117029d117029