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- The Caucasian Chalk Circle
- By Bertolt Brecht.
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- List the scenes and the locations in which they
- are set.
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- Make a list of any scenery that will be needed
- or staging that is special to the
scene,
- e.g the gallows from scene 5 onwards.
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- Consider how you are going to
change from
- scene to scene on your stage:
- revolve,
- trucks bringing on portable flats,
- use of curtain,
- scrim,
- allow the audience to see all changes,
- use same stage all the way through and show changes symbolically.
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- Make sure that the scenes can follow each
- other easily – so draw or describe the way in
- which these changes can happen.
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- What are the themes of the play or the overriding
- image you want to get across to the audience in your set
- design – this will help you choose the design and lighting.
- It will help you make clear the message of the play and
- help your performances believe in the world you have
- created for them to perform an tell the story in.
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- Research stage design for this production on the
- internet.
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- Grusha (right) and the other
servants scramble to escape the erupting civil war
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- Grusha tries to convince a peasant woman
to hide the infant prince from two soldiers
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- Grusha and her soldier-fiancé,
Simon, reunite unexpectedly by
the stream
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- Step 1: List the scenes and the locations they are set in.
- Step 2: Make a list of any scenery that will be needed or staging that is special to the
- scene – e.g the gallows from scene 5 onwards.
- Step 3: Consider how you are
going to change from scene to
scene on your stage:
- revolve,
- trucks bringing on portable flats,
- use of curtain,
- scrim,
- allow the audience to see all changes,
- use same stage all the way through and show changes symbolically.
- Step 4: Make sure that the scenes can follow each other easily – so draw
the way in
- which these changes can happen.
- Step 5: What is are the themes of the play or the overriding image you
want to get across to the audience in
- your set design – this will help you choose the design and
lighting. It will help you make
clear the
- message of the play and help your performances believe in the world you
have created for them to
- perform an tell the story in.
- Step 6: Choose the type of stage you are going to use.
- Step 7: Research stage design for this production on the internet.
- Step 8: Draw or design your stages for this play.
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