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Contemporary Manual Rigging Systems and Their Relationship to Theatre Types

Reinert, Thomas D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463048505584

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1976, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Theatre.
The primary objective of this study was to make available information concerning manual theatrical rigging systems and to relate these systems to various types of new and remodeled theatre plants by correlating an investigation of individual rigging systems, their parts and limitations, and an investigation of the rigging potentials of each type of theatre plant. One of the major points of the study was to provide theatre planners with sufficient basic expertise that they could communicate their felt needs to project planning personnel, as well as make full and adequate use of the rigging equipment once installed. The three major sections in the study: (1) describe and define various "types" of theatre plants, (2) describe available manual rigging systems and their individual parts, and (3) correlate the needs of various theatre plants with the types of rigging systems best fulfilling those needs. Those specific "types" of theatres which were discussed included proscenium, thrust, arena, and flexible. Hemp and wire-guide, T-track, and lattice-track counterweight manual rigging systems were examined. An additional section of study included specialized rigging. Individual variables within each project will necessitate unique approaches to the rigging problems present. Notwithstanding that uniqueness, some generalized correlations dealing with basic rigging approaches have been isolated which have application within theatre forms and possible between theatre forms. The generalizations within this study, however, are not intended to provide the theatre planner with hard, fast rules which dictate the specific rigging needs of each project, instead they are intended to suggest a rationale which may be used as a basis for understanding why certain rigging systems, or their elements, might prove more useful in one situation than in another. This study provides information which places the theatre planner in a better position to equip their theatre in the most advantageous and useful manner.
Briant Hamor Lee (Advisor)
Theater

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  • Reinert, T. D. (1976). Contemporary Manual Rigging Systems and Their Relationship to Theatre Types [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463048505584

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Reinert, Thomas. Contemporary Manual Rigging Systems and Their Relationship to Theatre Types. 1976. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463048505584.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Reinert, Thomas. "Contemporary Manual Rigging Systems and Their Relationship to Theatre Types." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 1976. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1566463048505584

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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