“As a director, discuss how you would stage Act 2, Scene 1 from page 25 – Voices: let the bride awaken now. –To- page 27- Leonardo: Don’t worry, in order to bring out your interpretation of it for your audience.”

In my production of Blood Wedding, I am going to set it in 21^st century Spain, making the set more modern and the mannerisms of the younger generation in the play more up to date. I will also represent the present day through the set design and the costume choices. As well as this, I have no intention to change the text, but the way in which the characters are going to speak will represent modern day. For example, the older characters such as the mother and the servant will speak with a faint Spanish accent and the younger generation like the bride, Leonardo and the bride-groom will have more common accents to show the different generations. My staging choice will be a Proscenium Arch, this will allow my audience to have a good view of everything going on, and also I want to have an elaborate set and this staging will allow me to do this. I want clear set changes to represent the different scenes because this will contribute to the modern take on the play.

Throughout this scene I want to represent the intensity of the relationship between Leonardo and the Bride, but also the importance of this scene, because this is an important scene in the play in which the idea of betrayal and passion. The servant in this scene plays a bigger role than meets the eye, during the whole scene she’s stood awkwardly between the bride and Leonardo however she is a representation of the obstacle between the bride and Leonardo’s love and passion for each other. The first line of the extract, “Voices: Let the bride awaken now. On this her wedding day.” I want this to be said from the side of the stage so they aren’t visible to the audience. As the line is spoken, I want the servant to react to the voices by, heading upstage left and implying she is looking out of the window for the arriving guests, leaving Leonardo alone down stage right, sitting on a chair at the dressing table. Whilst the servant remains up stage, he softly and quietly speaks his line “Let the bride awaken now. On this her wedding day”, as he speaks he drops his head in a sad manner to show how he is feeling, he will speak the whole line with emotion putting emphasis on the words ‘wedding day’. While he is saying this line, the lighting will change from natural lighting of the whole stage to just down stage right being lit in a pool of white light to show his isolation on stage. When he has finished speaking and the servant begins to speak again, the lights will come back to up, lighting the whole stage with natural lighting again.

On the line “Did the bridegroom bring the orange blossom so she can wear it on her heart?” I want Leonardo to make his way further down stage left facing away from the servant as he speaks. I want his tone of voice to be very low and for him to sound as if that line was hard for him to say, to create the sense that he wishes it was him who was giving the bride the orange blossom. The reason he will be facing away from the servant so he can hide the emotion on his face and also so he is unable to see the entrance of the Bride from upstage right, as he speaks his line, so she over hears him. As she says “what are you hinting at?” I would like the bride to forcefully push past the servant heading down stage centre towards the Leonardo. Her tone of voice sounding angry towards Leonardo, and as she strides forwards her posture will remain upright and proud, to show her anger and frustration. In contrast to the bride Leonardo’s tone of voice remains soft and calm, as he realises the bride has entered. I want him to turn suddenly when she begins to speak, but not move until he begins to speak. 

Creative Overview

My production of Blood Wedding:

To begin with my major themes which will be demonstrated throughout the duration of the play will be: Love, Death, Conformity/Non-conformity, Tragedy and Betrayal.

Setting:
In my production of Blood Wedding, I want the setting of my play to remain in Spain. However, I would want to bring it up to date, too the twenty first century. I would do this through the set design, in some costume choices, the mannerisms of the characters, also the way in which they speak. For example the older characters in the play such as the servant will still speak with a weak Spanish kind of accent, however the bride, who will be younger, will speak with a more common accent to show the different generations.

Casting Choices:
Bride: Young, beautiful, dark haired, well spoken.
Bride Groom: Blonde, middle height, fairly attractive.
Leonardo: Tall, Dark hair, handsome.
Servant: Older Spanish lady.

Themes:
There is one main theme which is presented throughout the play which is "LOVE". The love that the Bride has for Leonardo.

Staging:
I want a traditional Proscenium arch stage form for my production, because I want quite an elaborate set so having a end on stage form will allow me to do this successfully.

Lighting:

Props:

Set Design:

Costume:

Major Themes

Physical &  Emotional isolation: 

Conformity & Non-Conformity: 

Social Pressure: The wife doesn't really want to marry the Bridegroom. She is marrying him because she is being pressured too by her father and society rather than because she wants too.

Death: its there and present throughout.

Passion: Lack of control over it. Lorca suggests that passion doesn't always mean its good, he represents it too lead to bad consequences. e.g. mothers passion for dead family. bride and leonardo's passion for each other.

"Scared of Social rejection" - Liv

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4 Things I liked & Would include in my production

1. Costume choice for the bride. Its traditional and I thought it worked.
2. The use of the fan. Reinforces spanish themes.
3. The spirit of the Servant, cheerful and happy. Contrast with the brides bitter attitudes. 
4. Singing of the servant.

4 Things I didn't like & Would adapt in my production

1. I would want the bride to move around more, instead of being so static. 
2. Servants costume: I want my costume for the servant to be more traditional gypsy - bright and colourful.
3. Leonardo's attitude: I want him to be more aggressive yet passionate towards the bride, to show his love for her. 
4. To make more of the argument between them both. To create a tense moment.

Act Two, Scene Two

Act Two, Scene One

Feelings Towards Characters Throughout Scene

Bride:
I want the audience to feel sorry for her because she wants to be with Leonardo but she cant, yet at the same time I want to get across that it's not only that which is causing her to be depressed. I want to also address the fact that she is acting the way she is because she doesn't want to be with the Bridegroom. I will get the actress playing this role to demonstrate

Leonardo:

Servant:


Key Points

• "Let the bride awaken now, on this her wedding day"

Act One, Scene Three

Feelings Towards Characters Throughout Scene

Servant:

Mother:

Bridegroom:

Father:

Bride:










Lighting Idea's: Dark, dingy light to represent the setting of a cave.

Awkward tension...

The bride doesn't want to really marry the bridegroom - this is shown through the way she acts towards the servant at the end of the scene. (arrogant)

Bride & Bridegroom very formal with each other.

When the father is talking about his daughter (the Bride) he emphasises that she is sweet and caring but also has another element to her personality.