Bernard Shaw, Theatre & Pedagogy: A Backward Glance into the Future. Dr. Michael M. O’Hara Spring 2003

Company at Muncie Civic plays April 4, 5, 10, 11,12 at 8:00 PM.

Federal Theatre & Shaw Poster, Federal Theatre American Première of On The Rocks, 1938.

Hallie Flanagan Federal Theatre Project 1935

Cradle Will Rock © 1999, Buena Vista Pictures Directed by Tim Robbins

Virgil Geddes, Hallie Flanagan and Harry Hopkins in lobby of Experimental Theatre

Bernard Shaw, 1935

National Archives and Records Administration Washington, DC

Relief line - Great Depression

Publicity Poster Power: A Living Newspaper By Arthur Arent

Hitler Hirohito Franco Mussolini

FDR Fireside Chat

Machine Age, 1935 Great poster … Bad play.

Movie Poster Pygmalion © 1938, Loews, Inc. Leslie Howard (Higgins) Wendy Hiller (Eliza Doolittle)

Macbeth, adapted by Orson Wells Negro Theatre Unit, NYC 1936 Maurice Ellis (Macduff) Wardwell Saunders (Malcom)

GBS … Hallie, you want good actors? Good luck!

Bernard Shaw Eugene O’Neill

Cherry Jones as Hallie Flanagan testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Cradle Will Rock, © 1999

Great Catherine, Roslyn FTP Unit, 1939

Man of Destiny, Atlanta FTP Unit, 1939

Captain Brassbound’s Conversion Los Angeles FTP Unit, 1937

Caesar and Cleopatra Los Angeles FTP Unit, 1938

The Devil’s Disciple Newark FTP Unit, 1938

Pygmalion, Roslyn FTP Unit (moved to Broadway),

On The Rocks American Première New York FTP Unit 1938

Arms and the Man, Detroit FTP Unit, 1938

Designers Part Two Lesson 9.2 Theatre 100: Introduction to Theatre Dr. Michael M. O’Hara

Scenic Design: the art of place and space. Create environment (place action, reinforce idea/theme, stage story, build mood). Create art (color-form, texture, dimension, line, movement-real and optical). Create order (ground plan, white models, color models, construction, decoration).

Why is it important to transform space? Public spaces. –North Quadrangle (Shaffer Tower) This space. –Color, composition, conductive to learning? Private spaces. –Your own room … color, composition, sound, lights, effects for a date?

Costume Design: the art of look and feel. Create clothes for both the character and the actor. Create art (texture, line, color). Creates order (sketch artist, patterns, tailor, drape, repair).

Costume Designs Add Significance Shaw’s Androcles in Seattle WA Federal Theatre Project November 1937

Androcles & the Lion Androcles in Los Angeles December 1937

Androcles in New York City December, 1938

Androcles in NYC (cont.)

Androcles in Denver, December 1937

Androcles in Denver (cont.)

Androcles in Atlanta, GA March 1939

Androcles in Retrospect Costumes and sets added significance (meanings) that extended the meanings of the play beyond the original text. All costume adds significance … even yours!

Your Costume? What are some characteristics of our own costume designs (what do the choices about texture, line, color, drape, etc. suggest about a typical BSU student)? Can we change perception by changing costume? The Interview?

Summary: All the designers unify and reinforce the ideas and themes of a production (concept) through the transformation of space and time using actors, sets, lights, costumes, and sound.