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第一篇：The Design 艺术设计翻译中英文 The Designers Stage designing should be addressed to the eye of the mind. ROBERT EDMIOND JONES(1887-1954) According to an old theatrical legend, a small, second-rate theatrical company once toured Ireland with a production of Christopher Marlowes The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. The script involves a medieval scholar who sells his soul to Satan for twenty-four years of power and earthly delights.In the last scene time has run out for Faustus, and the jaws of Hell gape open before him. In a small town one evening, the play limped to its conclusion as the actor playing Faustus thundered through his last speech: Ah, Faustus, Now hast thou but one bare hour to live. And then must be damned perpetually! and so on to the closing lines: My God, my God,look not so fierce on me! Adders and serpents, let me breathe awhile! Ugly hell,gape not!Come not,Lucifer! I’ll burn my books!Ah, Mephistophilis! During the last four lines,Faustus started to sink below the stage soot, by means of an elevator-like trap,into red lights suggesting Hell. Unfortunately the trap stuck about three feet down,leaving Faustuss upper torso above stage level with no place to hide.The audience greeted this development with stunned silence,Then a beery voice from the top balcony roared out,”Hallelujah,boys,Hell’s full!” Anyone working in the theatre will amass a storehouse of such anecdotes about stage doors not opening,mustaches dropping off costumes splitting, scenery collapsing,curtains refusing to open or close, lighting or sound effects coming at the wrong time, properties missing, and the like.These moments may offer great hilarity in retrospect, but they seldom amuse those involved. The cast sees hundreds of hours of work destroyed, and audiences feel uncomfortable as the company loses control of its production. Everyone anticipates a certain number of accidents during rehearsals, when the people responsible can remedy them, but the live theatre allows for no out-ta