Argonautika: Lookingglass Theatre Company.(Mary Zimmerman)
American Theatre, February, 2007 by Lauren, Liz
Mary Zimmerman, DIRECTOR: As with all my adaptations, there was no script before we started rehearsals for Argonautika, and the set design had to be completed well before that point. The set had to be an open field of play, full of possibilities for scenes that were as yet unwritten. We knew we wanted the audience to feel as though it were on a ship, taking part in the adventure--that the theatre itself was the Argo.
Yet we couldn't be too literal, for the set needed to serve as other locations as well. The ship is created by only a few elements: a rectangular planked box, a ...
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