Destroying One Ring - Night After Night

Murderer, by Anthony Shaffer, is a tough play for any props master. For the first 30 minutes of the play, we watch a man kill and dismember a woman in his English house without any dialogue. There are multiple challenges and special effects that need to be solved in order to stage the opening sequen...

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Published in:Stage directions (West Sacramento, Calif.) Calif.), 2008-02, Vol.21 (2), p.44
Main Author: Coakley, Monica-Marie
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Stage props
Theater
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Summary:Murderer, by Anthony Shaffer, is a tough play for any props master. For the first 30 minutes of the play, we watch a man kill and dismember a woman in his English house without any dialogue. There are multiple challenges and special effects that need to be solved in order to stage the opening sequence. Producing the show in an intimate three-quarter space, as we did at the Barter Theatre in the fall of 2006, increases the level of detail necessary for the effects.
ISSN:1047-1901