This is the highly successful "Bible for any stage manager" in a revised and updated edition. Aimed at students, graduates, and all those who aspire to stage management, whether amateur or professional. Complete with illustrations, diagrams, and checklists, it takes the reader through a typical production, week by week. "Classic... one of the easiest to read text books on stage management - and well worth getting at any stage of your career"- The Stage "highly recommended for the newcomer, the aspiring stage manager, the student, and for those of us who'd just like to confirm that what we've been doing for years is actually what we're supposed to be doing"- Sightline, Journal of Theatre Technology and Design "A comprehensive guide for the aspiring stage manager"-Alan Ayckbourn "A very useful, practical how-to book aimed at students and practitioners, both professional and amateur"-Susan Elkin, Teaching Drama "Classic... one of the easiest to read text books on stage management - and well worth getting at any stage of your career"- The Stage "highly recommended for the newcomer, the aspiring stage manager, the student, and for those of us who'd just like to confirm that what we've been doing for years is actually what we're supposed to be doing"- Sightline, Journal of Theatre Technology and Design "A comprehensive guide for the aspiring stage manager"-Alan Ayckbourn "A very useful, practical how-to book aimed at students and practitioners, both professional and amateur"-Susan Elkin, Teaching Drama GAIL PALLIN began her career in Stage Management at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, and has worked at many major rep theatres throughout Britain, including the Royal Court Theatre, London. She now lectures in Stage Management at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh. She lives in Cupar, Fife.