THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD revision 1

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

Director: Melissa Bencic

1. SAME London cityscape as used in Pinocchio

2. Chairman - needs to have tall victorian-chair, on 1’ or 18” riser (lives on the same level as the audience, on downstage left side)  Needs a small table & Gavel beside him.

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3.. Jasper’s House:

a) 5’ Panel - on Scenery Track STAGE LEFT

b) Victorian Wallpaper - rich, maroon - with chair rail, moulding, sconces

c) Please show us what it looks like with a fireplace & mantle

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          plain wall                            w/ painting and fireplace                 in monochrome

  

            in line drawing                 w/ fireplace and sconces                  in line drawing

4. The Nun’s House

a) Stained Glass Window 5’ wide on STAGE RIGHT Scenery Track

b) Should be cut-out so that we can see the city scape behind it. Can we use lighting gels to create stained glass? This will need to be planned so that the set build crew can work on this.

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                         transparent/open              rose colour stained                   line drawing

c) Piano/Harpsicord, 3’ wide max, ornate legs, needs to have sheet-holder for music. Small victorian chair will sit next to it.

d)Main colours - lighter/browns

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bottom 

left side

right side

4. Opium Den - props will take care of this

5. Graveyard

a) Stone Mosoleum - Free-standing, rolls on from, has working door with period-appropriate door knob.

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6. Dinner Scene - props will take care of this.

7. Train Station

a)Front of Train on SCENERY TRACK - can the train have a working light?

b)We will use fog

c)We have an existing brick wall that we may consider using on the other scenery track (as train platform)

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d) Rodel has a 7’ tall working lamp post that we would like to use on-stage. We will use this.

8. Shadow Scene - we have a shadow screen that is 6’ tall x 4’ wide - can you please design an ornate looking frame for this that is 6’ tall with handels on either side for 2 girls to hold?

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