by candlelight - cibse heritage group · lighting the footlights, possibly theatre royal ipswich...
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BY CANDLELIGHT
Sabbatini’s dimming mechanism, 1638
“Theatre Lighting before Electricity,” Frederick Penzel, 1978
(CIBSE Heritage Group Collection)
Movable footlights, Theatre Royal Ipswich “Theatre & Playhouse,”
Richard & Helen Leacroft 1984 (CIBSE Heritage Group Collection)
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Red Bull Theatre, 1672, believed to be the first illustration
of the use of footlights on an English stage (Penzel)
Used as a Christmas Card design by CIBSE Heritage Group
in support of the CIBSE Benevolent Fund
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Footlights in a trough 1749 (Penzel)
Lighting the footlights, possibly Theatre Royal Ipswich (Leacroft)
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Candle footlights at the Comedie Italienne 1772
“World Theatre,” Bamber Gascoigne, 1968
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Candle wall sconces in use for a production of Hamlet, 1709 (Penzel)
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Lighting the candles in a theatre (lowtechmagazine.com)