My colleague and friend Francis Reid, who has died aged 85, was a man of the theatre: not an actor, playwright or director, but a significant player whose contribution was made backstage. He worked as a lighting designer and lecturer, and wrote more than a dozen books on his craft.The only child of John, a mining surveyor, and his wife, Helen (nee Glass), Francis was born in Prestonpans, East Lothian, and went to Geo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PM on July 14, 2016