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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on the Play ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes ["The Crucible" ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 09/94 # of Words:606 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller and, in the Northern
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production, directed by Deborah Barton-Moore. The play is set in Salem,
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Massachusetts, 1692, where suspicions of witchcraft were floating around
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the town air. The play opens with Betty Parris sick in bed, and Reverend
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Parris tending to her, and wondering what made her so sick. Soon Abigail
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Williams saunters in, and through much probing, Reverend Parris eventually
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finds out that she, Tituba, Susanna Walcott and Betty were all involved
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together in a secret practicing of witchcraft. Abigail tells of a dance
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around a cauldron, in the woods, and says that was all that happened But,
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when Reverend Parris tells how he was in the woods at that particular time,
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and saw these dances, as well as some other very strange rituals, Abigail
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gradually explains what went on, while leaving herself out as the main
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practitioner. She says she was sort of led into it all by the other girls.
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Anyway, now the stage is set for a variety of unexpected accusations,
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scandals and tribulations.
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Abigail's performance stood out to me, as I enjoyed how she could
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change from that little sweet. innocent girl, to a fierce, roaring woman.
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Her costume fitted the time period, and was quite appropriate for the
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scenes, when coupled with her movement, and manner. It was very noticeable
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the way she could change the attributes of her character, as I mentioned
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before (a girl to a tiger), just by the subtle change of various bodily
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actions. This was accomplished by vocal changes, and different method of
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walk, from a light dainty movement, to a fierce romping thump.
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The play had four main sets, each one for each scene. It started out in
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a small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Parris, with a bed, for sick
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Betty, a small night table, and a chair. Even with this small number of
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physical props, the cast made very good use of space, and it looked
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visually attractive. As a director, I might provide a long table, or
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bench, so that when Reverend Parris accuses, the four women, they would
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back away from him, to show their fear, but then run out of space and be
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forced to lean or sit on the table or bench and hear the Reverend out.
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This way, there is sort of a non-verbal role of superiority to the
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Reverend, as he is standing over the four who are sitting, thus making for
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the body language that he's in charge of the situation. Through the rest
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of the acts, the scenery shifts are made quickly, along with the lighting
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to create a shift in time as well as place, and it provides for a
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noticeable variation in the mood.
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Overall, the technical aspects were quite good. The majority of the
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work must have gone on behind the scenes and thus was un-noticeable to the
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audience and myself. But, to think how well they did, considering all they
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had to do and watch out for. As far as I saw, all the lighting and other
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cues seemed to be right on target, and there never was a moment where the
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actors had to compensate for a faulty lighting or prop switch. (Although, I
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believe the actors and actresses would be most ready to do so if the moment
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arouse.) Just think back to last year's performance of the Front Page. I
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remember the performance I went to, Hildy (Erik P.) picked up the phone and
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started to talk to the other party, -then it rang. Oh well, he made it up
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well, and this year's show was quite impressive.
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