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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
The latest revised version of the script is here: http://inacentaur.com/SLSCMousetrapDraft3.pdf
Blocking diagram summary:
Major changes summary:
1. Polonius clicks to close curtains after leaving balcony view in
“Bid the players make haste”
2a. Prologue (or first player — if sound switch is done) enters and
clicks to make invisible the player’s imprompt shed during the “Danish
march”
2b. Lucianus appears *before* his […]
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
http://inacentaur.com/SLSCMousetrapDraft2.pdf Totally revamped and updated. No holo actors - everyone’s in full Elizabethan (or prior) outfit!
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Live theatre is — by nature — temporal. Although it’s guided by the playscript, as implemented in the director’s vision, what goes on during showtime is quite often spontaneous, and in some cases filled with so many surprises of serendipity or misfortune that nothing appears like anything the director had in mind. But, the magic […]
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Later today, I’ll post a rough promptbook adapted for this medium right about (here - unmarked and marked).
Someone pointed out that the internet sources of the text of Hamlet have “Barnardo” spelled as “Bernardo.” I have been using the Folger’s edition, which has the first folio spelling.
First Folio Hamlet Page 1
(Attached is a scan […]
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
December: (official) preproduction
January: production
February: Single Scene Miniproudction Play Opens!
March: (Analysis)
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
I should probably have made these sketches available far before now, as I’m typically meticulous in details even for minor characters. I like having every character in medias reas—such that every character, however minor, has an evident backstory. I also like having long discussions over each character—but, since it seems like I most turn into […]
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