Scenography Romeo Juliet Previous Productions Romeo Juliet directed

Scenography Romeo & Juliet

Previous Productions • Romeo & Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann in 1996 • Leonardo Di. Caprio & Claire Danes • Romeo & Juliet directed by Rupert Goold in 2010 • Sam Troughton & Mariah Gale • Royal Shakespeare Company

Baz Luhrmann Production • Brigitte Broch was the designer • Modern, wealth, urban Mausoleum Masquerade Ball

Church of Granada, Spain Rupert Goold Production • Tom Scutt was the designer • Torchlit, Catholic, Spanish • Dim, no clutter, simplistic Balcony Masquerade Ball

First Design • Inspired from Gothic architecture, Theatre of Cruelty (Artaud) and Kantor • Minimalistic • Dark • Externalisation of pain & suffering • ‘[Kantor] envisages a more integral function of stage space which can express the interior conflicts of the artist’s mind. ’ – Collins, Jane & Nisbet, Andrew (2010) pp. 211 • No stage • ’We intend to do away with the stage & auditorium, replacing them with a kind of single, undivided locale without any partitions of any kind and this will become the very scene of the action’ Artaud, Antonin (1970) pp. 74

Crypt Balcony

Second Design • Postmodern • Defined as: ‘a late 20 th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, which represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories. ’ • Mixing of various styles, eras & artforms to represent the conflict found throughout the play. • End on • Montague & Capulet crests made like Andy Warhol’s famous Marilyn Monroe adorned on the back wall • Jackson Pollock – like floor • Unique stairs for ball scene • Dilapidated, concrete balcony • Ornate altar

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Bibliography • • • Artaud, Antonin (1970) Theatre and its Double Collins, Jane & Nisbet, Andrew (2010) Theatre and Performance Design: A Reader in Scenography [Slide 3] Neon Crosses https: //s-media-cacheak 0. pinimg. com/564 x/f 6/2 c/fa/f 62 cfa 26 f 185 a 4 c 753 b 4 a 316 df 0 e 121 c. jpg [Slide 3] Masquerade Ball https: //s-media-cacheak 0. pinimg. com/564 x/dd/78/03/dd 780397 c 708 b 35 e 2 dd 302 b 4724 e 2198. jpg [Slide 4] Romeo & Juliet Balcony Scene (2010) https: //saadeya. files. wordpress. com/2010/07/rj. jpg [Slide 4] Church https: //www. pinterest. com/kanonica/church/

• [Slide 4] Masquerade Ball https: //cdn 2. rsc. org. uk/sitefinity/images/productions-2010 -2014/romeoand-juliet-2010/rom_2010_gallery_03_party_dance. tmb-gal-670. jpg? sfvrsn=1 • • [Slide 6] Balcony 123 RF. com • • [Slide 6] Crypt http: //humphrysfamilytree. com • • [Slide 7] Pillars http: //thumbs 2. modthesims. info/img/3/3/8/1/0/0/1/MTS_mio 03311053309 -gothicarchpillar. ABC. jpg • • [Slide 9] Marilyn Monroe http: //www. onpostmodernism. com/images/art/andy_warhol_10_marylins. jpg • • [Slide 9] Montague & Capulet Crests https: //s-media-cacheak 0. pinimg. com/564 x/98/ca/f 6/98 caf 6 fcfab 8407 bf 3629 d 61 b 2 cd 80 af. jpg

• [Slide 9] Jackson Pollock https: //ih 1. redbubble. net/image. 102072225. 7556/flat, 1000 x 1000, 075, f. u 3. jpg • • [Slide 10] Postmodern Stairs https: //s-media-cache-ak 0. pinimg. com/736 x/38/c 1/ea/38 c 1 eafc 5 d 918 c 639118 b 4 e 45 deb 7749. jpg • • • [Slide 10] Concrete Balconyhttp: //weirdrussia. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/balconies 4. jpg • • [Slide 10] Altar http: //www. britainexpress. com/images/attractions/editor/St-Benet-Pauls-Wharf-altar-cc-John-Salmon-2. jpg • • • [Slide 10] Mansion Stairs http: //cdn. homesthetics. net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/16 -Awesome-Mansion-Staircases-Perfect-For-Your-Dream-Home -121. jpg • •