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 > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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