Adolphe Appia
Associated Content Useful article on Adolphe Appia and Edward Gordon Craig’s work in theatre stage design.
City College Manchester Excellent lecture discussing Adolphe Appia, Edward Gordon Craig and symbolism in early 20th century theatre.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Brief entry on Adolphe Appia.
Google Images Useful photographs of Adolphe Appia, plus many of his stage design illustrations for the theatre.
Monsalvat: The Parsifal Pages Excellent article (with images) on Adolphe Appia’s designs for two productions – The Parsifal and the Ring.
NovelGuide Useful biography of Appia.
Slideshare Useful slideshow on Adolphe Appia’s life and work in the theatre.
The Compulite-Danor Stage Lighting Musuem Concise record of Adolphe Appia’s aims in achieving his ideas in stage lighting and set design.
Theatrecrafts.com Brief biographies of Adolphe Appia and other lighting practitioners such as Edward Gordon Craig.
University of Warwick Brief discussion about Adolphe Appia.
Wikipedia Biography of Adolphe Appia discussing his major achievements in theatrical scene design and stage lighting.
thanks for the links! Have you ever come across a place to purchase prints/posters of Appia sketches? Would love to track one down from a museum exhibition or such….
Thanks
Mary
Mary, no unfortunately I have not come across anywhere for prints or posters of Appia design sketches. Google wasn’t any use for me, either. Probably pretty rare, I would think.
Amazon shows there is a catalog of one of his exhibitions extant: http://www.amazon.com/Adolphe-Appia-catalogue-exhibition-Victoria/dp/0901486221/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272590589&sr=1-8
There is also a postcard collection (of 10 I think) that could be framed or posted as a nice visual. This shows the cover of the postcard book: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pBvpfvR9hwU/SrGiqRRsXSI/AAAAAAAAAGs/bLNnVMK6C5A/s400/AdolpheAppia.jpg