showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) (05/17/85)
Well, folks, it's been kind of quiet on net.theater lately. I've gotten a
few responses to my prop query and here are the totals so far in our "Name the
Play with the Most Difficult Prop List" contest:
Two votes for You Can't Take it With You
Two votes for Sleuth
One vote for Sweeney Todd (along with a dissenting vote)
One vote for Deathtrap
One vote for The Ride Across Lake Constance (costumes--not props)
Let's get some more replies. Post them or mail them to udenva!showard
PS While we're doing You Can't Take it With You, we're also wondering about
this: what's the (non-musical) play with the largest cast? YCTIWY has 19,
I think Witness for the Prosecution and Inherit the Wind have more, but I'm
not sure. Let's get this one going.
--Mr. Blore, aka the DJ who would not die,
aka Steve Howard
...udenva!showardreiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (05/24/85)
In article <669@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) writes: > >PS While we're doing You Can't Take it With You, we're also wondering about >this: what's the (non-musical) play with the largest cast? Eugene O'Neill wrote some really strange plays during the 1920s, some of which required huge casts. In particular, I remember reading "Lazarus Laughed", which called for a cast in the neighborhood of 100, what with the pseudo-Greek chorus and all. What's more, some poor costumer had to provide masks for each and every cast member. I don't know if "Lazarus Laughed" ever was produced, but it certainly sounds expensive. It's not, unfortunately, very good. Many Shakespearean plays require very large casts, as well, even without the hoards of extras which add to the atmosphere. This is why doubling of actors in several parts is so popular in Shakespearean productions. I was in a production of "Macbeth" which had at least 25 speaking performers, many doing several parts. -- Peter Reiher reiher@ucla-cs.arpa soon to be reiher@LOCUS.UCLA.EDA {...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher
grl@charm.UUCP (George Lake) (05/31/85)
Inherit the wind is a good candidate for a cast intensive drama. Crowd and courtroom scenes.