J. William Davis - THEATRICS

Tennessee Williams

City Lit Theatre, London

Design Tutor: Jenny Carey

A fallen ex-boxer's encounters various iconographic characters as he attempts to cross the frontier at the border of a Latin American town into a surreal otherworld, the 'Terra Incognita'.

The setting spills out into the audience. It is constructed from scaffolding tubes which support platforms, signage and banners. A dried up fountain occupies the central focus of the stage. The diagonal road separates the worlds of the lowerclasses from that of the rich.

The costumes are bright and cheerful to contrast with the desperate bleakness of the story.

Stage from
auditorium

Don Quixote
+ Gluckman

The Gypsy +
Esmeralda

Scaffolding poles bring the set out into the audience. The diagonal road, which divides Skid Row from the Hotel, is interrupted by the fountain. Upstage is the 'Terra Incognita'.

The set spills out into the auditorium. The fountain divides the poor from the rich sides of town. A border gate restricts access to the town. Upstage a stone walls marks the end of the frontier.

Scaffolding poles bring the set out into the audience. The diagonal road, which divides Skid Row from the Hotel, is interrupted by the fountain. Upstage is the 'Terra Incognita'.