What The Butler Saw
by Joe Orton
Directed by Joan Staniunus
Scenery Designed by William Temple Davis
Costumes Designed by Amber Calhoun
Lighting Designed by William Temple Davis and Craig Zemsky

Department of Theatre
University of Denver
May 1997

 

 

What The Butler Saw was produced on the University of Denver Theatre Department’s proscenium stage.For this production audience risers were built on stage. They were arranged to produce a 21' by 17' thrust stage. Batten trim height was 18'

 

The What The Butler Saw set consisted of a wall full of three dimensional details. Cracked and long lost plaster over brick. Then modern lighting and alarm cables over that. All apparently recently renovated but not fixed. For this production, surfaces were important and often hid a crumbling and deeply distressed under surface.

 

 

The lighting was based on 9 basic lighting areas. Each area was lit 3 instruments. These were gelled with Pale Apricot (R304) and Pale Blue (R63) from the front and Pale Rose Pink (R37) from the rear. The stage was also washed with 18 instruments gelled with the three primary colors.


Production Photo