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Description: | Frederick Percy Bentham (1911-2001) was a leading theatre lighting equipment designer and engineer, consultant, author and lecturer, and acclaimed as 'the father of modern theatre lighting' in his obituary in 'The Times'. During his 42-year career at Strand Electric, for the most part as head of research & development, he was responsible for many successful new lighting products for theatre and television, including thyristor dimmers, the first pressure die-cast spotlights and memory lighting controls. This collection includes technical drawings, diagrams, notes, proposals and specifications, correspondence, minutes, scrapbooks, cuttings, promotional material and published articles. These derive from Frederick Bentham's lengthy career at Strand and afterwards, and provide vital insight into the products he researched and developed. Other coverage includes his involvement with external organisations such as the Association of British Theatre Technicians, and his own work as lecturer, writer, and editor of 'TABS' etc.
Archive reference numbers: THM/46, THM/314, THM/315. (57 boxes) | Format: | Correspondence Written / typed ephemera Technical drawings Press cuttings Periodicals Documents (business) Scrapbooks Lighting plots Drawings | Subjects: | Stage lighting designers; Stage lighting - Planning; Stage lighting - Drawings Stage technicians Theatre | Temporal: | 1935-1974 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Strand Electric and Engineering Co. (London, England) | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Format: | Correspondence Written / typed ephemera Technical drawings Press cuttings Periodicals Documents (business) Scrapbooks Lighting plots Drawings | Go to resource |
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