Arthur Rackham

I have chosen to look at the play Ashputtel by Carol Ann Duffy (adapted form the Grimm tales). I am focusing on scene eight, the third and final feast, where Ashputtel loses her slipper.







I started my research with Rackham (1829-1939) as he did illustrations for the Grimm tales. My production designs would fall into the fantasy genre. The theme I explored was fairgrounds. The idea for the stage was for it to be bright with lots of lights, and for the back drop to be in black and white. This idea came from 'The Wizard of Oz', where the two tone
world represents normal boring everyday life and the colourful world represents something exciting.












































































Saturday, 27 November 2010

Developing the Stage




The front booths/stalls at the front of the stage don't serve a purpose at the moment, unlike the ferris wheel and helter skelter which set the fairground theme.If they're going to take up that much room, they should serve a greater purpose. I plan on making one of these booths/stands a platform for Ashputtel and the Prince to dance on. I'm also adding a stair case up to the platform so Ashputtel can run down it, and leave her slipper on the stairs.




I spoke about this idea with Andy, he suggested that further to this, it would be effective if this dance area could be wheeled into the centre stage, and everything esle wheeled out when the Prince and Ashputtel dance.




The is a basic design of what I want the dance area to look like. I need to research more images before I can put motifs on it.
The top image is the banner I used. David Braithwaite's book on fairground architecture was very helpful.
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