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

Play analysis




This is my analysis of the play, broken down to the scene, plot, page and line, location, time and season, lighting, mood, props, costume, sound and cast.




I am focusing on scene eight. Since doing this table I have decided that scene eight should be split up further, so it runs from page 40, line 22- page 41, line 10. Then scene nine would be the sisters trying on the shoe page 41, line 11- page 43, line 17. Then there would be an additional scene (scene 10) page 43, line 18-page 44, line 7- this would be the wedding.
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