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The Burial At Thebes Analysis

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The Burial at Thebes is an Irish play based on the tragedy of Antigone. This play stands today as the protection of basic human rights and the tough situations that we are currently facing. The Goode Theatre’s presentation of The Burial at Thebes, by Steve Earle was a fascinating, mix of contemporary American and ancient Greek version of the play. The director’s choice of costumes, lighting, stage design, and amazing sound affects throughout the play made it very entertaining to watch. Despite the original script being very stretched out and dry I had no problems following along.
I would say the director’s overall creative interpretation of The Burial at Thebes was well thought out. As a director, you oversee everything and it’s your job to make sure the quality and the fulfillment of the play. The choice of the actors could have been chosen …show more content…

Lighting can change the feel of a production, also being able to set the mood as well. In the Burial at Thebes the lighting was mostly the same throughout, the only time it changed is when at the beginning, it was pitch black to start the play off and during the play the lights cut off maybe once or twice. Regardless off not have a lot of light change the lightning was just enough for the mood of the play. The way the light was hitting the props were in the right places. I will say as a lightning designer it Is very important to make smooth transitions when changing the lights so it’s not even noticed by the audience so maybe I missed a few changes but then that means they did an excellent job. Moving on to the sound designer, the job of providing realism to the theatre was met. Before the play even started there was an offstage battle going on. You knew it was a battle because there was shouting, gun shots and clashing of weapons. There was wisp of air indicating the battle was over and that’s when the play was

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