Tuesday, February 15, 2011

#6 How do stage directions/music/descriptions reinforce the play's meaning and emotions?

The stage directions in this play are extremely precise and leave nothing to interpretation. This leaves very little freedom for the actor and the director however that is probably the way that it is intended to be. When he was writing this he had an image in his head and instead of just putting the text and minor direction he decided to include an overwhelming amount of detail in order to produce exactly the play he wanted every time. I think that all of this extreme detail also is a way to make the play as realistic as possible. I really wanna hear this "Glass Menagerie" music though since it comes on so much. For some reason I'm picturing it being like the twilight zone music even though that wouldn't fit the situation.

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