Lighting design as a discipline – or an art form as I like to think of it – is relatively young. Up until about the 1930s all the formal lighting work in theatre was accomplished by people who were fulfilling other tasks. The set designer was often tasked with lighting the space as an extension of their vision for the set. They relied on the electricians to place instruments and masking based on general directions and then adjusted the intensities. Abe Feder, whose earliest Broadway credit dates to 1934, is frequently cited as the inventor or “father” of lighting designers. While he was not the only person fulfilling this function, Broadway records show he was the earliest one ...
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