ABSTRACT
Practicals and effects can provide the audience with a wealth of visual information about the time, season, and mood of a play. If a table or floor lamp is turned on, the audience will normally assume that the scene is set in the late afternoon or night. Gas lamps of the type used for room lighting were almost always housed in glass chimneys. Traditionally, fire effects have been made by building a prop fire of logs and hiding lights of varying colors behind the logs. A specialty device designed to give the appearance of being a light source such as a fire effect, candle, torch, or lightning. The moon box can also be rigged to move, to create the effect of a “rising” or “setting” moon. Flickering torches or candles can also be used to create dynamic visual moods. A repeatable cue sequence on a computer lighting console.
