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Bus Stop by William Inge Group 43- Director- Albert Davila
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Bus Stopby William Inge
Group 43- Director- Albert Davila
Script• The script of the play would be something that closely
resembles what William Inge intended and portrays naturalism as in the audience can really buy into the play and understand the humor, the seriousness and the overall thoughts each character has without having to infer. The language of the script again would be the same type of language and modern English used in the 1950’s.
Cast• Elma Duckworth, waitress: Dakota Fanning• Grace Hoylard, restaurant owner: Julia Roberts• Will Masters, Sheriff: Gary Cole• Cherie, a chanteuse: Natalie Portman• Dr. Gerald Lyman, former college professor: Robert Redford• Carl, bus driver: Will Smith• Virgil Blessing, a ranch hand: Paul Rudd• Bo Decker, young rancher and cowboy: Jonna Hill
Design Elements• Spine of the play: The spine or what holds the play together
from a directorial stand point should be the acting. Since this play is written in a way that makes it feel dated, the actors in the play need to act and portray both the mind set and comedy that was alive and kicking during the 1950’s. This play isn’t something Shakespeare wrote or even something Arthur Miller wrote, it’s in its own category. With that being said the actors need to really be in character and avoid all portrayals of themselves as individuals or of anything that resembles a time period past the 1950’s.
• Theme-Loneliness/isolation
Style to illuminate spine• The style I would take to illuminate the spine (loneliness and
isolation) would be to take make sure the characters are always isolated from others at the restaurant when they have their solo parts, this way even though they are all in the same restaurant all the attention will be on solely them, thus making it seem like they are the only ones that can hear themselves making it seem like they are lonely.
Directorial Concept • I would direct this play in a way that portrays naturalism this
way it could really just look and feel like the 1950’s. For the casting I would select a typecasting that represents characters that play someone who they closely resemble in real life.
