I am finding myself still strongly drawn to a crowded quay look. More boats than buildings. I am looking within the play for translations of the mart to shipboard/quayside life.
I realize that stern to dock mooring is surely more common for "stinkpots" than sailing vessels. This production will mix time frames and certain realities.
Like the period of the songs I am thinking of. These are further back in the blog.
I'll also look for the pirate song CD you said Johnny Depp put together.
Don't take my comment about grounding the production in reality too, too literally in terms of the setting and atmosphere. As you may have gathered form hearing me talk, I am spinning to the fantastical for this production. There is so much romance surrounding pirates. I just meant that I wasn't thinking of cutouts. Now a pop-up book setting could be something else.
I don't know why I was thinking of a single unit set. Probably based on my past physical experience of performing and staging the play. We can have shifting of scene.
What if more ships arrived as the play progressed?
The only door we must have is Adriana's. Could be a barricade built by the paranoid Antipholus of Ephesus to gate the mooring of his boat.
As for grounding in reality I am completely devoted to the value of the word in Shakespeare's plays . That comes from my training in England and from what I consider my second training, my time as a member of the RSC. Plus the voice gurus I've studied and worked with. Believe me we will be grounded in reality.
What if there was a gangway going off between two ships that could be an entrance for actors?
Finally, I don't think we should name a boat "The Abbey" or "The Priory" unless there are other ships present with more profane or common names. To mix it up.
Some past reference I didn't speak of would be "The Princess Bride". The character of The Dread Pirate Robert (Wesley) is how I see Antipholus of Syracuse. A pirate but an innocent, loving, open to the world pirate!
Well we are off on our annual vacation driving to visit relatives in Baltimore. Stop in the Smokies on the way and in Jamestown, VA to see sailing vessels on the way back.
I realize that stern to dock mooring is surely more common for "stinkpots" than sailing vessels. This production will mix time frames and certain realities.
Like the period of the songs I am thinking of. These are further back in the blog.
I'll also look for the pirate song CD you said Johnny Depp put together.
Don't take my comment about grounding the production in reality too, too literally in terms of the setting and atmosphere. As you may have gathered form hearing me talk, I am spinning to the fantastical for this production. There is so much romance surrounding pirates. I just meant that I wasn't thinking of cutouts. Now a pop-up book setting could be something else.
I don't know why I was thinking of a single unit set. Probably based on my past physical experience of performing and staging the play. We can have shifting of scene.
What if more ships arrived as the play progressed?
The only door we must have is Adriana's. Could be a barricade built by the paranoid Antipholus of Ephesus to gate the mooring of his boat.
As for grounding in reality I am completely devoted to the value of the word in Shakespeare's plays . That comes from my training in England and from what I consider my second training, my time as a member of the RSC. Plus the voice gurus I've studied and worked with. Believe me we will be grounded in reality.
What if there was a gangway going off between two ships that could be an entrance for actors?
Finally, I don't think we should name a boat "The Abbey" or "The Priory" unless there are other ships present with more profane or common names. To mix it up.
Some past reference I didn't speak of would be "The Princess Bride". The character of The Dread Pirate Robert (Wesley) is how I see Antipholus of Syracuse. A pirate but an innocent, loving, open to the world pirate!
Well we are off on our annual vacation driving to visit relatives in Baltimore. Stop in the Smokies on the way and in Jamestown, VA to see sailing vessels on the way back.
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