... look like cobblestones. I was impressed by how easily the actors moved as the floor spun beneath them. The set pieces for the different places were very simple. A few tables and chairs served well for the Thenardiers' inn. An ivy covered gate represented the entrance to Jean Valjean's home. Most of the hand props were implied merely by actions. All these small ... set pieces were offset by the beautifully elaborate piece that served as both the slum and then metamorphosized into the barricade. A mass of wooden doors, chairs, wrought-iron gates, and other miscellaneous items which were m...

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... different in the second act, partially because it is less complicated. The first scene, Maria's "funeral", consists of a row of chairs and a long table. This shows the emptiness and desolation the characters experience when they think Maria is dead. The chairs look cold and hard, and there is nothing onstage to suggest comfort. In a way, the barren stage allows the audience to ... ...

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... comments, but rather ask probing questions so that they may better understand the problem. The show is usually shot with a more intimate feeling. The guests are seated in comfortable looking chairs, sometimes right next to the host. The two talk as if they are the only ones there, with the guests spilling their guts to the host. All of the guests ... ...

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... the reaction of thunder. However these wonderful items made out of wood were overtaken by obviously what the "world preferred" which consisted of "imported cabinets with mirrors" and "spine curving chairs". The anger would be made up of the facts that his uncle may feel unwanted in the world due to his "unnecessary" furniture. This anger would by instincts be passed ... ...

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... a person called Lafarge. At Sydney Carton's execution there were plenty of women knitting, this is what happened often at the executions during the revolution. "In front of it, seated in chairs, as in a garden of public diversion, are a number of women, busily knitting" (Dickens 401). Women were always around the guillotine; they would sit and work on their knitting while observing ... ...

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... tense in her presence and heightening the vastness of his over-protectiveness. Again I would use a very minimalist set for this particular section of dialogue. I would possibly have a table and three chairs. Also, a suspended door and window close to the characters would give the impression of the lack of space present in their apartment. The window could also be used when Catherine ... ...

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... wind gave the overall experience a realistic feel. The entire backyard looked like something that could be found in any contemporary American's backyard. The scene was lifelike right down to the chairs being positioned for conversation. The use of adding power lines to the set was also notable. The lines did absolutely nothing for the setting yet they still helped add to ... ...

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