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Concept outline

1960s

Faustus lack of morals a focus

Rejecting old ideas, and a powerful, greedy youth

More believable for use of stanislavski

Audience think of him as likeable but as he becomes more power hungry and scary

Being greedy and ignoring others will end in your downfall

They will like then become scared of madness

Theatre choice

National Theatre: Lyteltton

Fly tower, uses traditional bars

Proscenium arch

4th wall

Only broken by Faustus' pleading and taking to hell in final scene

Characters

Faustus

Mephistopheles

Lucifer

The pope

25 years old, youthful

Sociopathic

Wealth in clothing, at first messy, more concerned with academics, then become well dressed power like the demons

Well spoken (educated), relaxed posture, very confident and arrogant.

Conventional beauty

Likeable to audience at first

Dark curled hair, sharp features, tall

Wearing all black immaculate suit

Bald, middle aged

Slave for long time, father-son idea

Powerful, otherworldly but not over demonic

In all red suit

Staging

Faustus' office and hell

Lighting

Sound

Projection

Construct an enclosed box set

Focus on Faustus'

era's deco, sparse furniture, books scattered, notes thrown and on wall.

Fly in

Red for frantic movements in hell

Spotlights reveal scenes of hell not seen at first

Flame effects

60s music, Faustus working, on radio, set scene.

Instrumental, up tempo beats fit frantic movement sequesnces

Used sparingly, more effect, scene changes

Pre- recorded vocal collage and Foley creating depth of hellish atmosphere

age of technology, new ideas

Rome, images projected

Also with conjured images, magic

Camera obscura

Style and rehearsal techniques

Stanislavski

Frantic assembly

Circles of attention

Subtext

Aims/goals

Realistic most characters

Using music to devise, tempo, mood

Hymns hands

Chair duets

Still images to create movement

7 sins, angels, demons.

My Production