William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is his most well know play throughout history.
Shakespeare designed Romeo and Juliet to be played in daylight in the Elizabethan playhouse. “Shakespeare wrote most of his plays with the Globe Theatre in mind.” stated from Kennedy, Arthur. He wrote many play that would work in the Elizabethan playhouse, by using the positon of the sun to convey as light on stage. In Romeo and Juliet lighting is highly important to the mood of the play to convey emotions. The Elizabethan Stage has a trust stage and is partially outside. The inside dimensions of the Elizabethan stage are about 55 by 55 feet. The balcony scene is iconic. There is a balcony at the rear of the stage. There are windows there that can be used for Juliet 's bedroom and a trapdoor on stage for her tomb. On the Elizabethan playhouse there is no scenery and a minimum of props. Music and costume added to the effect. My classmates and I got together and performed a scene from Romeo and Juliet. We performed act 2 scene 1. Act 2 scene 1is the balcony scene where Romeo is confessing …show more content…
Shakespeare used the Sun as the lighting. Daylight is necessary for plays at the Elizabethan stage. Use the sun as light for the play so you can set the mood. To set the mood when Romeo walks on stag he is by his self and then goes and hind. Gives a hint that Benvolio and Mercutio are on stage looking for him. My classmates and I did the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. The Balcony Scene is Act 1 Scene 2. Using the back of Dail for our scene we had no scenery and props. We had to act out and make the audience to believe and envision what you are doing. With blocking you can achieve great things; for example If Romeo talks directly towards Juliet, then the audience would have trouble with hearing Romeo on stage. The stage directions for Romeo and Juliet is applied with the text. Stage directions make the play come to
Shakespeare designed Romeo and Juliet to be played in daylight in the Elizabethan playhouse. “Shakespeare wrote most of his plays with the Globe Theatre in mind.” stated from Kennedy, Arthur. He wrote many play that would work in the Elizabethan playhouse, by using the positon of the sun to convey as light on stage. In Romeo and Juliet lighting is highly important to the mood of the play to convey emotions. The Elizabethan Stage has a trust stage and is partially outside. The inside dimensions of the Elizabethan stage are about 55 by 55 feet. The balcony scene is iconic. There is a balcony at the rear of the stage. There are windows there that can be used for Juliet 's bedroom and a trapdoor on stage for her tomb. On the Elizabethan playhouse there is no scenery and a minimum of props. Music and costume added to the effect. My classmates and I got together and performed a scene from Romeo and Juliet. We performed act 2 scene 1. Act 2 scene 1is the balcony scene where Romeo is confessing …show more content…
Shakespeare used the Sun as the lighting. Daylight is necessary for plays at the Elizabethan stage. Use the sun as light for the play so you can set the mood. To set the mood when Romeo walks on stag he is by his self and then goes and hind. Gives a hint that Benvolio and Mercutio are on stage looking for him. My classmates and I did the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. The Balcony Scene is Act 1 Scene 2. Using the back of Dail for our scene we had no scenery and props. We had to act out and make the audience to believe and envision what you are doing. With blocking you can achieve great things; for example If Romeo talks directly towards Juliet, then the audience would have trouble with hearing Romeo on stage. The stage directions for Romeo and Juliet is applied with the text. Stage directions make the play come to