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Person: CRANGLE, Dr Richard

Biographical summary of this person
Name
Dr Richard CRANGLE
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
researcher and writer; editor of NMLJ, 2001-10
Main period of activity
1990s-2010s
Other internet resources
Relationships to other people

son of CRANGLE, Professor John  (1926-2007)

Texts linked to this person
Articles (17)

Richard Crangle and Martin Gilbert, ‘The Exeter theatre fire of 1887’ in Magic Lantern 28 (September 2021)

Richard Crangle, ‘How to read a reading’ in NMLJ 9.6 (Summer 2004)

Mo Heard and Richard Crangle, ‘Industry, liberty and a vision: the life and work of The Projection Box’ in Magic Lantern 39 (June 2024)

Richard Crangle, ‘The joy of lists: lantern and slide catalogues and how to approach them’ in Magic Lantern 25 (December 2020)

Richard Crangle, ‘Little yellow boxes: family slide shows in the 1960s and 1970s’ in Realms of light (2005)

Richard Crangle, ‘Mission unaccomplished: W.T. Stead, Charles W. Hastings and the Magic Lantern Mission’ in Realms of light (2005)

Richard Crangle, ‘The Noakes 'Quad': found at last!’ in Magic Lantern 30 (March 2022)

Ludwig Vogl-Bienek (trans. Richard Crangle), ‘Opera on the lantern stage: Wagner's Ring and Der Fliegende Holländer as performed by the Illuminago-Theater’ in Realms of light (2005)

Richard Crangle, ‘'A quite rare entertainment': an optical show in Paris in 1656’ in NMLJ 9.5 (Winter 2003)

Richard Crangle, ‘Some lesser-known Life Model slide makers: No. 1 -- T.T. Wing of Cambridgeshire’ in Magic Lantern 14 (March 2018)

Richard Crangle, ‘Some lesser-known Life Model slide makers: No. 2 -- W. Rider & Co. of London’ in Magic Lantern 17 (December 2018)

Richard Crangle, ‘Some lesser-known Life Model slide makers: No. 3 -- T.J. and W.F. Piggott of Leighton Buzzard’ in Magic Lantern 19 (June 2019)

Richard Crangle, ‘Some lesser-known Life Model slide makers: No. 4 -- G. Miles Mason of Southampton’ in Magic Lantern 21 (December 2019)

Richard Crangle, ‘Some lesser-known Life Model slide makers: No. 5 -- a few of the others’ in Magic Lantern 23 (June 2020)

Mervyn Heard and Richard Crangle, ‘The temperance phantasmagoria’ in Realms of light (2005)

Roger Gonin (trans. Richard Crangle), ‘The travelling lantern of Auvergne’ in NMLJ 10.6 (Autumn 2010)

Richard Crangle, ‘What do those old slides mean?: or why the magic lantern is not an important part of cinema history’ in Visual delights (2000)


Books (5)

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001)

Laurent Mannoni (trans. Richard Crangle), The great art of light and shadow: archaeology of the cinema (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2000)

Jeremy Brooker, Richard Crangle and Martin Gilbert (editors), The magic lantern dancer: the choreutoscope and its place in the history of the moving image (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2023)

Richard Crangle, Mervyn Heard and Ine van Dooren (editors), Realms of light: uses and perceptions of the magic lantern from the 17th to the 21st century (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2005)

Ludwig Vogl-Bienek and Richard Crangle (editors), Screen culture and the social question 1880-1914 (New Barnet: John Libbey, 2014)


Editorials (15)

Richard Crangle, ‘Best laid plans, and other stories’ in NMLJ 10.2 (Autumn 2006)

Richard Crangle, ‘Compliments of the season’ in NMLJ 9.3 (Winter 2002)

Richard Crangle, ‘Devices and desires: some themes and strands of lantern history’ in Realms of light (2005)

Richard Crangle, ‘Filling in a few of the gaps’ in NMLJ 9.5 (Winter 2003)

Richard Crangle, ‘Gentlemen and scholars’ in NMLJ 10.4 (Autumn 2008)

Richard Crangle, ‘Happy birthday, magic lantern!’ in NMLJ 10.5 (Autumn 2009)

Richard Crangle, Mervyn Heard and Ine van Dooren, ‘Introduction: Realms of light’ in Realms of light (2005)

Richard Crangle, ‘On the way back from the wilderness’ in NMLJ 9.4 (Summer 2003)

Richard Crangle, ‘People and places: case studies of the lantern in use’ in Realms of light (2005)

Richard Crangle, ‘Settling down in the chair’ in NMLJ 9.1 (Winter 2001)

Richard Crangle, ‘Taking more stock’ in NMLJ 10.1 (Autumn 2005)

Richard Crangle, ‘Theses and antitheses’ in NMLJ 9.6 (Summer 2004)

Richard Crangle, ‘Time, ladies and gentlemen, please’ in NMLJ 10.6 (Autumn 2010)

Richard Crangle, ‘Various shapes and sizes’ in NMLJ 9.2 (Summer 2002)

Richard Crangle, ‘What counts?’ in NMLJ 10.3 (Autumn 2007)


Miscellanies (8)

Stephen Bottomore and Richard Crangle, ‘Addenda to The encyclopaedia of the magic lantern’ in NMLJ 9.2 (Summer 2002)

Mark Butterworth, Richard Crangle, Amy Sargeant and John Selway, ‘Bits and pieces’ in NMLJ 9.2 (Summer 2002)

Philip Banham, Richard Crangle, Raymond Newport and Amy Sargeant, ‘Bits and pieces’ in NMLJ 9.3 (Winter 2002)

Wendy Bird, Richard Crangle, Mervyn Heard and Lester Smith, ‘Bits and pieces’ in NMLJ 9.5 (Winter 2003)

Richard Crangle, Deac Rossell and Amy Sargeant, ‘Bits and pieces’ in NMLJ 9.6 (Summer 2004)

John Taylor, John Horton, Richard Crangle, Lester Smith, Brian Widdowson and Stephen Bottomore, ‘Bits and pieces’ in NMLJ 10.2 (Autumn 2006)

Richard Crangle, ‘Bits and pieces’ in NMLJ 10.5 (Autumn 2009)

Richard Crangle, ‘Bits and pieces’ in NMLJ 10.6 (Autumn 2010)


News items (2)

Ine van Dooren, Lydia Jakobs and Richard Crangle, ‘Conference report: A Million Pictures -- history, archiving, and creative re-use of educational magic lantern slides’ in Magic Lantern 13 (December 2017)

Richard Crangle, ‘The magic lantern in leisure, entertainment and popular culture: final conference of the B-magic project -- Brussels and Antwerp, 4-7 May 2022’ in Magic Lantern 31 (June 2022)


Obituary (1)

Mary Ann Auckland, Mo Heard, Peter Gillies, Deac Rossell, Seoyoung Kim, Richard Crangle, Jeremy Brooker, Lester Smith, Nicholas Hiley and George Auckland, ‘Obituary: Stephen Herbert (1951-2023)’ in Magic Lantern 37 (December 2023)


Periodical (1)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal (1978-2014)  –  2001-2010


Periodical issues (12)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 9 number 1 (Winter 2001)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 9 number 2 (Summer 2002)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 9 number 3 (Winter 2002)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 9 number 4 (Summer 2003)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 9 number 5 (Winter 2003)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 9 number 6 (Summer 2004)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 10 number 1 (Autumn 2005)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 10 number 2 (Autumn 2006)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 10 number 3 (Autumn 2007)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 10 number 4 (Autumn 2008)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 10 number 5 (Autumn 2009)

Editor: The new magic lantern journal: volume 10 number 6 (Autumn 2010)


Reviews (14)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book review: Gothic effigy’ in Magic Lantern 15 (June 2018)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book review: Living pictures’ in NMLJ 9.1 (Winter 2001)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book review: Magiche visioni prima del cinema’ in NMLJ 9.2 (Summer 2002)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book review: Pictures of poverty’ in Magic Lantern 29 (December 2021)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book review: Poole's Myriorama!’ in NMLJ 9.4 (Summer 2003)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book review: The magic lantern at work -- witnessing, persuading, experiencing and connecting’ in Magic Lantern 24 (September 2020)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book review: The Magic Lantern: a short history of light and shadow’ in Magic Lantern 17 (December 2018)

Richard Crangle, ‘Book reviews: Dickens and the dream of cinema / Panoramas, magic lanterns and cinemas’ in NMLJ 9.6 (Summer 2004)

Richard Crangle, ‘Delight and instruction’ in NMLJ 10.4 (Autumn 2008)

Richard Crangle, ‘'Much can be learnt through the eye': Review of Learning with Light and Shadows’ in Magic Lantern 35 (June 2023)

Richard Crangle, ‘New light’ in NMLJ 10.4 (Autumn 2008)

Richard Crangle, ‘'Preaching for the eyes': review of Faith in a Beam of Light’ in Magic Lantern 32 (September 2022)

Richard Crangle, ‘Review: Destination St Kilda / Marketing modernity’ in NMLJ 10.6 (Autumn 2010)

Richard Crangle, ‘That's the way to do it!’ in NMLJ 10.2 (Autumn 2006)

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