THEA 201 Lecture 8: THEA 201 11.20.14
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Unfinished at dickens"s death (june 9, 1870) Differs from other things we have seen: social atmosphere. What was the structure of the play: a play within a play, each actor played multiple roles, interaction, multiple levels. Love, title-ship, murder, etc: for entertainment. Story told effective: characters were not always consistent with characters, scenes, etc, inaudible, long length. Notice: inaudible singing, going along with joke/play. We haven"t covered design as of yet, but . What were you usually presented with: lights. Foot lights in the stage: set, sound, costuming.
