John Bury
Our group has chosen to research Henrick Ibsen's "A Doll's House." We were aloud to stage it anywhere we wanted, and we chose Washington DC. When "A Doll's House" was first produced in 1879, they staged it in Oslo, the capital of Norway. We chose Washington DC to have a more parallel relationship between our production and the first. We also decided to change the mood of the play by setting it in Modern day. Setting the play in modern day helps the audience relate to the play. We hope that setting it in the Capital of the United States in modern times will capture more American audiences and help then appreciate European theatre. We are producing the play in a proscenium style theatre for two reasons. For one thing it is another connection to the original production of the play. During the play, everything takes place in the living room, so it is like looking into the room with a proscenium theatre. You cam see three of the four walls and if it were a thrust or an arena, you would not get the same affect.The lighting designer is often a forgotten member of the crew for a play, but it is one of the most important parts. The lighting designer's job is as simple as it sounds, to light up the stage. Many
One famous lighting designer for over forty years is John Bury. John Bury was born in Aberystwyth, Wales in 1925. John grew up exposed to all kinds of theatre including plays to operas. He always wanted to become an actor ever since he was a little boy. His parents supported him and he went to University College in London, England. In 1954, Bury started his career as an actor with the Theatre Workshop Company at the Theatre Royal. His first play with this company was "The Fire Eaters." He played a decent roll, but was also asked to help with the production of it. Bury ended up designing the production for that play and then about fifteen more plays through the same company during the next ten years. Production design was nothing the John studied in depth in school, but he was very good at it, and also enjoyed working on a play through that view as well as acting on stage. In 1964, just ten years after he started with the Theatre Workshop Company, Bury was appointed " Head of design" for the Royal Shakespeare Company. After forty years in the business, and twenty years with the National Theatre, Bury decided to move on. John left that job for medical reason's at the age of sixty. He said, " It was no longer family," referring to the National Theatre, " I have been unable to retire and have been working as hard between 60 and 66 as ever before." Bury has gone back to his roots and has mostly been
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