Nonfiction - Theatre - Playwrights
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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compare how Nora and Torvald celebrate toe How you do see the differences in things like Christmas that relate to you. You have to use your imagination to figure out the mood and the atmosphere of this brilliant Christmas scene of Epson's. The style is realistic. You will have to say. I wonder what Christmas was like 100 years ago in a small provincial town, Norway, the mood is festive. The celebration starts with things happening off stage sleigh bells, for instance, to create the mood. If you don't have them, imagine them. The sleigh bells are ringing. The snow is falling. The Children are shrieking with joy, throwing snowballs. See all that excitement from the outside. Coming in, the lighting is evening. The stove is burning. When you come in, you don't come in with lines. But with that excitement, that laughter, he can't get the tree up. The maid comes because she has heard the noise. Nora comes in full of laughter. The whole action of the scene is to celebrate. How do you celebrate? Nor comes in with a basket, a hat, a coat, scarf and gloves, all the ribbons, decorations she comes in with the presence and throws them down. Think of it as being your own life. The aim is to understand the life, end through your craft, to become part of and convey that life. The facts of the place show you the way Nora, the banker's wife, enters in a good mood. She has been shopping for Christmas. It is a very special season in middle class family life. In traditional Christianity, Christmas was recognized for the birth of the Messiah. But when the church became rich and powerful, agnostics and freethinkers started to question it. Celebrate the ritual, not the spiritual aspect. Read Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Get pictures of 19th century Christmas, then contribute your own blood. Memories of Christmas. Ibsen gives you the middle class attitude toward Christmas. The woman is in charge of the Christmas spirit. Keep the rhythm of Christmas going