Monday, November 14, 2011

Antigone - Journal #1

First thing I had to figure out was exactly how many members were in the Chorus. Of course, this is all opinion work, but I came to the conclusion that only one actor should play the role. I remember discussing the very first thing the Chorus says, which is: "Well, here we are." (Anouilh 3) This can be seen as indicating that there is more than one Chorus member, but I disagree as the 'we' could imply that Chorus is including the audience. He/she is addressing the audience after all. Also part of my reasoning for Chorus being singular, is the mention that Chorus is "leaning, at this point, against the left proscenium arch" (Anouilh 6)

It took a little research, but a proscenium arch is part of a proscenium theater. It can actually be rectangular, but the important point is that the arch is small. It would be hard to get fifty people leaning against an arch at once, and would actually look rather ridiculous.

Moving on to the actual construction of the stage: Nothing extravagant. This is not a movie, so onstage props such as the stairs will be rather crude and most likely constructed out of wood and painted a white color. White to contrast the darkness of the theater, and the overall 'dark' theme of the tragedy itself.

Other than that, the characters should be behaving as described in the novel.

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