hbconcept

 Hannah Byars  8 November, 2010

 Concept statement:  The seriousness of death is turned to humor in the most lackadaisical way. The play is based around a very serious historical event, but as it is completely humorous, it seems to make fun of his life and his political accomplishments Therefore, the concept for the play would be to show an accurate historical background with a few telltale signs of making fun of the whole idea of a political assassination. The costumes could reflect this in that they would be historically accurate, to aid the difference in the things that are being said and the death that occurs several times, and the sound could do more than a bell sometimes and perhaps have lighthearted music play in short sounds or increments throughout the play. The props already point to this with the existence of an ax in Trotsky’s skull. Overall, there would be a great diversity in actual material, but show the silliness of a political assassination that the play seems to want to convey.