Drama Coursework Assignment - Noises Off

. The stage was used fully.
             ACT 1 – the front of the stage – rehearsing
             The placement of the doors and the number of them helped the play move farcically. The number of floors also gave the effect that some characters could see others and some could not.
             Selsdon was a drunken character who brought out the humour of the play. He was often seen with a bottle of alcohol in his play costume. He wore a stereotypical robber's jumper, a black jacket and trousers, trainers and a black eyemask. Most of the characters wore stereotypical clothes. Dotty was the household maid and wore slippers, an apron and a hair net. Every character that played in the Nothing On production still continued using a few characteristics of their 'actor' from the Noises Off play. It was very effective, as the technique did not stop, it continued throughout the whole play, making the audience believe they were real characters. Chris Langham as Frederick Fellowes who then played Sheikh in 'Nothing On' showed a good example of this. Whenever he began to panic he had a nosebleed, but in addition to that, when he saw the blood he showed fainting signs and started to breathe very quickly and out of control. Belinda Blair was a very enthusiastic character and w
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