Stage machinery, also known as stage mechanics,[1][2] comprises the mechanical devices used to create special effects in theatrical productions,[3] including scene changes, lowering actors through the stage floor (traps) and enabling actors to 'fly' over the stage.[4][5][6]
Alexandra Palace Theatre, London and the Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man are two theatres which have retained stage machinery of all types under the stage.[7][8][9]
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- ^ Wilmore, David (1989). "The development of stage machinery in the nineteenth century British theatre: a study of physical and documentatry evidence". Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Drama, University of Hull.
- ^ Hartnoll, Phylliss (1983). The Oxford Companion to the Theatre (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 837. ISBN 0-19-211546-4.
- ^ Moynet, Georges (1893). Trucs et décors: Explication raisonnee de tous l5s moyens employés pour produire les illusions théâtrales [Trucs et décors: Explication raisonnee de tous l5s moyens employés pour produire les illusions théâtrales]. Legare Street (published 1922). ISBN 1016236964.
- ^ "3D Scan of Alexandra Palace Theatre Stage Machinery". YouTube.
- ^ Ally Pally (February 2019). "Scanning Stage Machinery".
- ^ "Victorian Special Effects: Stage Machinery at Alexandra Palace". Google Arts and Culture.