DONALD OENSLAGER Scenery Then and Now [SIGNED] W. W. Norton & Co., 1936

Description: Donald OenslagerScenery Then and NowW. W. Norton & Co., New York (1936) Inscribed Donald Oenslager (March 7, 1902 – June 11, 1975) was a celebrated American scenic designer. He designed sets and often lighting for more than 140 Broadway productions between 1925 and 1975. In 1959 he was awarded the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for his work on Leonard Spigelgass's play A Majority of One. He had received a Tony nomination two years earlier for his work on the play Major Barbara. He taught scenic design at the Yale School of Drama for many years and the institution continues to award an annual scholarship for stage design in his name. Among his notable pupils was John Lee Beatty. Oenslager's papers are held by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, although a number of his scenic design sketches are part of the permanent collection at the Museum of the City of New York. The Museum had an exhibition of his designs in 2008. He brought "a new emphasis on symbolism over realism to American theater design."

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