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The Mechanicals play is full of devices which show how incompetent they are as actors. How would you direct the play of 'Pyramus and Thisbe' to bring out the comedy?
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The Mechanicals play is full of devices which show how incompetent they are as actors. How would you direct the play of 'Pyramus and Thisbe' to bring out the comedy? The Pyramus and Thisbe play is classed as a tragedy but despite this the Mechanicals make it a comedy through their incompetence as actors. As a director I would bring out the comedy by exploring: casting, voices, body, costume, props, movement and blocking. I would choose to put the play on at the Globe theatre because that way the audience could appreciate the words and acting of the play rather than be dazzled by fancy lighting and sound. I would have the people of the court lying down at the edges of the stage so that they are still there but not detracting attention away from the Mechanicals. Quince starts the play with the prologue, lines 108 - 152. I would cast Quince...
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