Hardcover. London, Dobson Books Ltd, 1st UK, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket, 553 pages. Bright blue cloth with gilt lettering. B&w illustrations. A leading theatrical designer of his day, the Russian-born author (whose credits included many important productions for the Group Theatre and the Theatre Guild in the 1930s) also designed costumes, was a lighting director, and, later in life, a teacher of theatre. In this volume, an acknowledged classic, he "presents a vivid panorama of stage and screen technique, showing how styles of production change constantly in response to new audiences. It is the first adequate study of the social meaning of stage production. It analyzes the artistic relation of the stage to the screen. It describes the effect of new political ideologies on dramatic life and thought. Mild soil to dust jacket, no markings.
 "New Theatres for Old by: Mordecai Gorelik")
