2. Theatre Style and Location
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Theatre type:
Proscenium
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Where: Hobby
Center, Houston, Texa
s
3. Set Design
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Lighting: Mainly white and blue
lights to set a cold/cool
background mood
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Costume: Multi-layered
clothes, thick jackets, snow
shoes, skis
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Sound: High wind from
blizzard, fire crackling
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Set: Small intimate cabin, white
snow everywhere some inside the
cabin,
4. Casting Roles
Jonathan: Young, In
love, child of Maria and
Frank
Played by:
Josh Hutcherson
Bob: Delivery
guy, Deacon
Played by:
Paul Giamatti
Frank: Maria’s
husband, father
of
Jonathan, Edwin’
s lover by:
Played
Male Roles
Jude Law
Edwina:
Frank’s lover
Francois:
Maria’s lover
Played by:
Orlando Bloom
Played by:
James Franco
5. Casting Roles
Jaqueline:
Doctor visiting
Hilda
Played by:
Julianna Moore
Female Roles
Bertha: Hilda’s
friend, elderly lady
Played by:
Diahann Carroll
Ariel:
Jonathan’s
girlfriend
Played by:
Emmy Rossum
Maria: Jonathan’s
mom, Frank’s
wife, Francois’s
lover
Played by:
Nikki Reed
Hilda: Elderly person
drowning
Played by: Alfre Woodard
6. Interpretation of Play
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Style: Modern English (2000s)
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Type: Romantic Comedy
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Mainly sarcastic and
situational comedy, but also
seriousness involved at specific
parts
7. Interpretation of Play (cont.)
Dramatic and Serious Scenes:
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Ariel storms out of cabin for being accused of being
with Francois
Hilda falls into frozen lake
Maria falls into frozen lake
Maria’s funeral
Edwina leaves Frank
