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Taking a 100-200 word excerpt from either Waiting for Godot or Lady Windermere's Fan, discuss the differences between reading on the page and how it would (or might) work in a production.
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Alexis James Rolling Assessment Segment Two: Reading Drama Taking a 100-200 word excerpt from either Waiting for Godot or Lady Windermere's Fan, discuss the differences between reading on the page and how it would (or might) work in a production. (ca. 500 words) "Nothing happens, twice" (Vivian Mercer) Whilst this critical viewpoint is shared by many on the seeming lack of action in Waiting for Godot, stage directions represent nearly half of the text, with Beckett making all actions, emotions, expressions and props as important as the dialogue. The question is how differently people reading the text as a book as opposed to being part of an audience interpret the play. Since they form such an integral part of the text, stage directions must be addressed; Enter Pozzo and Lucky. Pozzo is blind. Lucky burdened as before. Rope as before, but much shorter, so that Pozzo may follow more easily. Lucky wearing a different hat. At...
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