Drama Review On Production Of Mother Courage
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Drama Review On Production Of Mother Courage
Mother Courage
Drama Review
Introduction:
On the 13th of March 2000 we, the fourth year class, have been to a production called Mother Courage which was performed in the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. Nancy Meckler directed the play and the designer was Angela Davis. The company was called Shared Experience.
The play is about a woman, Mother Courage, who sells goods to warriors, and who loses her dearest children in the war. The set was in the 17th century, in the thirty years war.
Set Design-Part A-description
In this auditorium, there is a Proscenium stage, of about 40 feet wide, 30 feet high, and a depth of 35 feet. The theatre contained about 600 people, who were divided into three groups; one on the write hand side of the stage, another in the middle part, and the last one on the left. There were also balconies at the high part of the building.
At first, I had the feeling that the set looked like a refugee camp, because of the canvas sheets suspended from the scaffolding pipes, on the right hand side of the stage; It also gave me the feeling of impermanent atmosphere and set, sort of gypsy like. I also realised that this scene was taking place during war, as the characters` clothes looked old and dirty; the aspect of misery and poverty was the first impression that the set gave me.
There were huge poles, screens and various spotlights around the perimeter of the stage, which were used as symbols, to describe how life was, during the war. On both sides of the stage, scaffolding towers were seen, and underneath the one on the right, we could see a rough plywood door, whereas on top of the left one, there was a soldier playing the accordion through out the whole performance. Beneath the tower, the screen was rolled up to enable Mother Courage's and her children's cart to move in.
On one of the...
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