Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Antigone 1

In this play, Antigone, we see a somewhat lack of stage direction. As already discussed in class the "Chorus" could be as many as fifty or as few as one. In this particular play I believe I would choose to have the Chorus represented solely by one person. The reasoning for this would not only be to limit the effect that the Chorus has on the actual production in a distraction. Furthermore, I believe that one person would be more effective in communicating what the Chorus is actually there to say. I would have the stairs right in the middle of the stay with them going up on both sides, almost like a platform.

Another crucial piece of direction in this play would arguably be the lighting. It would seem only fitting to have the lighting change, or be on a constant dark setting due to the dark nature of the play. " He has a premonition of catastrophe (Page 5). However, I would have the lights dim sooner than "gradually, the lights on the stage have been dimmed" as I believe that is only to mark a scene change. To further create the darkness of the play constructed with the lights it seems only reasonable to have the characters also act in a somewhat despondent way. This could be done through hand motions and or the tone of their voice.

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