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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Visual, Aural and Spatial Visual:· Brecht intended the set of each of his plays to be a constant reminder  

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Candidate Name: Bethany Weston Candidate Number: 4570 Centre Name: Oulder Hill Community School Centre Number: 33237 Unit 1 Play: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Visual, Aural and Spatial Visual: * Brecht intended the set of each of his plays to be a constant reminder to the audience that they are watching a play, and not real life events occurring as they're watched. Because of this desire of Brecht's the curtain did not conceal such things as scene changes, and stage lights were clearly visible. * Brecht gave precise instructions on how certain aspects of the play should be performed. Of the play as a whole, he said he wished it to be performed in the grand style, with obvious references to Elizabethan theatre, with curtains and different levels. For The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, he suggested that the action should be performed in front of a white curtain spattered with ox blood. * The stage directions preceding the prologue at the beginning...

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