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Lysistrata
Production Concept ProjectFor English 114
Presented By:Rick Stegeman, Dan Williams, Liv McCausland and Brandt Dye
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Greek for “Army Disbander”Written 411 B.C.First performed in Athens during the first
Peloponnesian WarKnown for use of double entendre and
explicit obscenitiesProduced just two years after Athens’
catastrophic defeat in the Sicilian Expedition
Descriptive Themes:
PrimalSubversive
PoliticalStruggle
Colorful
Representative Visual Art: Anonymous Silk Screen
Poster From Sri Lanka Anti-Violence
Campaign Circa 1973
Musical Representation:
Prologue: Edwin Starr – “War” – Motown Records - 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk
Prologue: “A Courtyard in the Acropolis"
Parodos: Choral Episode
Scene Two: Lysistrata and her lieutenants
Costumes: Lysistrata
Costumes: Husband & Magistrate
Music:
Scene One: Aretha Franklin – “Respect”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Onc
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Music:
Scene Three: Righteous Brothers – “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8hjtFq3vE
Music:
Exodos: Marvin Gaye – “Let’s Get It On”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtx2
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Lighting:
Prologue: Soft, Natural Sunlight Scene One: Dark Greens, Shadowy, Cigar
Smoke in the Air Scene Two: Luminous, Warm, Focused on
Illuminating the Beauty of the Women