What show are you doing?

Sounds like it might be HARVEY.

At any rate.............you probably want the library to create a warm feeling............using gels that gently enhance skin colors...area lighting also helps........an area with a table lamp might be lit a bit brighter than the other parts of the room.

For the sanitarium you can create a "flat" look by eliminating most side lighting.....light it head-on and overhead (to soften some shadows)...................

Not a lighting guru here...............but I have picked up this info over the years...................sometimes by harsh experience when the lighting designer lit a scene head-on only for a room which needed depth and warmth.

Good luck.

 

 

I agree

I would use warm colors in the library.

The sanit: I would use a lower intensity with your warmer colors and a lot of front light to give that stark/industrial look but your stage would still be bright wand without major shadows.

Using practicals (like table lamps, etc.) in addition to a well lit area using primarily light ambers would help produce a warm feel to the library.  For the sanitarium pure white light coming mainly from overhead may help give you an intense effect that is not too harsh.