The first time we read a play we must consider how it is told and what kind performance it suggests.
-This is the exciting part for me. Understanding the context, the characters the tone. Every word from the playwright is an opportunity to tell a story.
Often varying in set descriptions, knowing something about the production conventions in use during specific periods can help you re-create how a play might have looked to its original audience...
This daunts me. It is the historic knowledge and understanding of theater that would perhaps cap or perhaps mis-inform my interpretation.
How would you light your production and what would be the effect of your decisions? Again, daunting. Requiring a technical knowledge I know I don't have. I have seen use of different colors spread throughout the stage. I'm not sure I could understand the subtly of such choices. A white stage, a red stage, a blue stage I understand the connotations implied. I'm not sure I understand why one would mix red and blue and green and what the effect therein would be.
Look for places where a role, a scene or a verbal exchange may be performed in different ways.
This is the fun part! What if Captin Hook had an Oedipus complex? What if Liza Doolittle really loved her father? What if she didn't? Putting a different spin, or a different perspective on a character or a scene allows us to renew its significance and re-invent the artistry.
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