Mr. Price, or Tropical Madness
by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)
Directed by Ken Campbell
Costumes Designed by Elizabeth Weiss Hopper
Department of Theatre
Virginia Commonwealth University
October 1977
Mr. Price, or Tropical Madness was produced on the Virginia
Commonwealth University's Shafer Street Playhouse, an old high-school
gymnasium. The proscenium opening was 20' wide and 10' high.
There is no grid and less than 6' of wing space on each side.
by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)
Directed by Ken Campbell
Costumes Designed by Elizabeth Weiss Hopper
Department of Theatre
Virginia Commonwealth University
October 1977
Mr. Price, or Tropical Madness was produced on the Virginia Commonwealth University's Shafer Street Playhouse, an old high-school gymnasium. The proscenium opening was 20' wide and 10' high. There is no grid and less than 6' of wing space on each side.
The set consisted of a series of
five 8' deep platforms. Each platform also had an arch attached
to it. Only the lowest platform was fixed to the stage floor.
The other four were castered in such a way that the entire set
could collapse, sort of like the inside of a collapsable telescope.
The platforms began the show fully extended and then act by act
the space began to constrict around the characters. The final
moment had the "hero" Mr. Price try to reach his dead
lover. As he mimed walking downstage toward her the set expanded
again moving him further away from his goal.
Act One - A Restaurant in the Tropics. The set is at it's deepest/
Act One - Detail
Act Two - A Garden. Night. Notice that the set has partially
collapsed.
Act Two - A Garden. Night.
Act Three - A Room. The set is fully collapsed for this scene.
Act One - A Restaurant in the Tropics. The set is at it's deepest/
Act One - Detail
Act Two - A Garden. Night. Notice that the set has partially collapsed.
Act Two - A Garden. Night.
Act Three - A Room. The set is fully collapsed for this scene.