File puptcrit/puptcrit.0902, message 86


From: "Mark S. Segal" <segalpuppets-AT-comcast.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 04:58:03 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] narration


Once again I will suggest the show "Story Theatre" - when I saw it many 
years ago the approach blew me a way...
absolutely loved the concept and execution.
Isn't anyone familiar with it????
Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Rogers" <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:20 PM
Subject: [Puptcrit] narration


> Of course, I've heard of "Our Town."  I've read it & seen it, too.  But 
> the conceit of that play is that there is no scenery, and so there's a 
> built-in excuse for the use of a narrator - someone to set the scene. 
> It's deceptively simple because the narrator does much more than introduce 
> the various scenes, anyway.  He's actually the "stage manager" of the 
> production, and he moves back and forth from relating directly with the 
> audience to interacting with the other characters.
>
> Thorton Wilder's narrator has a whole lot more meaning than an unseen 
> voice who says, "Once upon a time..."
>
> Robert
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