When we started rehearsing we realised that this play would not take long to block simply due to the fact that it is only a 50 minute play however it was crucial that we got the right setup on stage if not the audience would not be able to see or hear us. So when we were deciding where to put sparks, gaffer and Shakespeare we thought it would be best to have them at the back centre stage as the audience are in a semicircle around the stage as that position would enable everyone to be seen and enough space for the actors to perform.
We then had to think about where the actors entrances and exits were going to be. Since the audience are in a round we thought it would be nice for the actors to enter in between the audience so that the children feel completely emerged into the performance. So we have 5 entrances 1 at the centre back of the stage which is called entrance A, then there is one at upstage left called B, one at downstage left called C, one at downstage right called D and a final one in upstage right called E. Within all of our scripts we have written in each letter so that we will know where we and entering and exiting from.
During the play Titania has fallen asleep on the ground and stays there from page 25 till page 36. This meant that we had to place Titania so that she could still be seen but also so that she doesn't get in the way of the other actors on stage. So we decided to put her centre stage originally as we though it would be the best place for her to be seen however we lost a lot of space for the actors to perform in so instead she is still centre stage but she has been pushed up against the blocks that Shakespeare, sparks and Gaffer stand on so that she is not in the way of the scenes going on. She is also covered in a green blanket which the mechanicals can now reference as the green plot where they can rehearse their play in the woods.
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