rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:21:23 -0400, "Rob Steere"
wrote:

>"Barbara Bailey" wrote in message
>news:n8i9d357a5ifha9r6um3r5mpg7ghga177n@ ...
>>
>> I don't recall that there's ever a point in the show where the actor
>> talking about whichever one he/she is holding -must- hold it so that
>> the audience can clearly see that it's broken. I told the directior
>> that it was going to be quite difficult and rather expensive to get
>> him that many breakable figurines, and he blocked each 'discovery
>> scene' so that the actual figuring was masked from the audience.
>> Beyond that, I didn't worry about making them matching, either; most
>> people who have a collection of figuringes that have a common theme,
>> rather than a common maker (horses, say, or Indians, rather than
>> Precious Moments or Hummel) have a nice diverse mix on display.
>
>I'm trying to recall the script... Are any of the figurines actually *seen*
>breaking? Or are they just discovered broken after scene changes?


They're all "discovered" broken, but I think there is at least once
where there's no scene change between one discovery and the next, so
one of the actors has to be able to make the swap out. Again, it's a
matter of blocking it so that several of them -could have- switched
it.


>If none
>are actually seen when they break, you could get away with two sets of 10.
>One set that's nice, and one set that's broken. And the broken ones don't
>have to be every little shard of statue. It could just be a few chunks that
>make up the bulk of the statue.
>
>During scene changes, have one crew member strictly in charge of just the
>figurines, swapping out the broken pieces for the complete one.
>
>-Rob
>