Personal Lists

Another theatrical element that I was assigned to analyze and discuss was personal lists. A list is different from a theory because it doesn't offer interpretation or directive, but is a list of ingredients to inspire theatre-makers. Essentially, it consists of all the elements that create a successful performance:

• music
• information overload = chaos
• use of a small area to make things look big

To elaborate on this topic, I will utilize the same scene as I had done with genre-specific analysis. Just to recap, this is the scene where Cyrano heckles Montfleury to get off the stage and stop the performance. The music in the background can progressively intensify as Cyrano's words become harsher and more severe. His irritation at Montfleury's incompetence progressively increases until his last line when he threatens to harm Montfleury. The chaos in the monologue is that Cyrano continually says things to Montfleury and proposes different things that he will do that it confuses the reader as we are bombarded. It would be effective to utilize a small space so that the tension between Cyrano and Montfleury can be magnified and intensified.