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Stage Design

Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, set design or production design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly trained professionals, holding a B.F.A. or M.F.A. degrees in theater arts. Scenic designers design sets and scenery that aim to fully immerse the viewer in the production.
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excerpt from Wikipedia.
RESOURCES:

Books:
Bablet, D.(1981) The Theatre of Edward Gordon Craig. 
Methuen, London. 
Beacham, R.(1987) Adolphe Appia: Theatre Artists (Directors in Perspective Series), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Brockett, O. & Franklin, J.(2003) History of the Theatre. Ninth edition, International edition.
Allyn and Bacon, Boston. 
Thorne, G. (1999) Stage Design: A Practical Guide, Crowood Press
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Websites: 
Theatrelinks - extensive websites to do with set design
​Student stage ideas on this site

Stage design ideas 

Stage pp from C Rankin

Working in scenic design - American Theatre Wing

Designing National Theatre -50 years on stage

Designing and making a set - Royal Opera House

The Red Barn - Behind the scene changes - National Theatre

WICKED - Stage design 

Jane Eyre - Set design - National Theatre

Hamlet - National Theatre

Comedy of Errors - National Theatre

Catherine Rankin - 2022