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Juniper

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Novels About Stage Management?
« on: Jul 06, 2023, 01:56 pm »
Thank you in advance for your help! I love books about the theatre experience but find them to mostly be centered on actors and would love ones about stage managers and/or tech crew!Its been hard to find good novels about the backstage aspects of theatre but I'm sure there's bound to be some out there. If anyone knows of any, or knows where I could find some I'd be so grateful!

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Re: Novels About Stage Management?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 06, 2023, 08:49 pm »
There's a great thread here about books featuring stage managers and backstage folks - I had to do some digging to find it and it really took me back! Thanks for the walk through memory lane. :)

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« Reply #2 on: Jul 07, 2023, 03:26 am »
Wow, thank you so much! I will absolutely check out as many of these as possible!

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Re: Novels About Stage Management?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2025, 04:53 pm »
Thank you for revitalizing this topic! I'm curious if there are other titles/series that haven't been brought up yet?

My favorite is the Nicholas Bracewell series by Edward Marston: https://www.goodreads.com/series/41640-nicholas-bracewell

Featuring a mystery-solving Stage Manager during the Tudor period in England. If you, like me, love both Shakespeare and Stage Management (and a good cozy mystery) this is the series for you!
Stage Manager (noun): A magical device, usually fueled by caffeine, that brings order to chaos.