On Monday October 12th at the Orpheum Theatre in Wichita Kansas, our class, 7th and 8th PIB, witnessed some of literatures best be performed on the stage chamber theatre style by Chamber Theatre Productions. In case you are like me and not affiliated with theatre and things of that sort the definition of chamber theatre is: A method of adapting literary works to the stage using a maximal amount of the works original texts and often minimal and suggestive settings (definition provided by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). The plays consisted of “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” both by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving, “The Monkeys paw” by WW Jacobs, “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, and finally “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain. There were five actors in total involved in this production, three male and two female. Also in the break between there was an intermission set changes which frankly lasted way too long causing many people in the audience to grow restless.
Now the story I will, as well as I can, review today is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. This story included the school master, Ichabod Crane, his love interest, her parents, and his much more qualified …show more content…
The set for Sleepy Hollow was, in my opinion, one of the better ones. One main thing about Sleepy Hollow’s set was all the color; it helped show the story but didn’t take away from the actors. One bad thing about the set was it impaired the actors ability to move; hence the scene with Ichabod’s horse. One thing that stood out about this play was the special effects. They made the play seem much more realistic. The lighting for this particular play was also very fitting for the play giving it a more sophisticated look. On the costumes, the costumes for this play were very detailed and fitting for this complex
Now the story I will, as well as I can, review today is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. This story included the school master, Ichabod Crane, his love interest, her parents, and his much more qualified …show more content…
The set for Sleepy Hollow was, in my opinion, one of the better ones. One main thing about Sleepy Hollow’s set was all the color; it helped show the story but didn’t take away from the actors. One bad thing about the set was it impaired the actors ability to move; hence the scene with Ichabod’s horse. One thing that stood out about this play was the special effects. They made the play seem much more realistic. The lighting for this particular play was also very fitting for the play giving it a more sophisticated look. On the costumes, the costumes for this play were very detailed and fitting for this complex