Date of Award

2008

Type

Thesis

Major

Theatre - Theatre Design and Technology Track

Degree Type

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Technology

Department

Theatre Department

First Advisor

Kimberly Manuel

Abstract

A. Environmental Facts

1. Geographical Location: The Exact Place Hope Falls. West Virginia, Population 500

2. Date: Year, Season, Time of Day. What is significant about the date? Present (2008), Fall at the beginning of the play and progresses into Spring by the beginning of act two and the revival. Time of day is generally midday except for the Christian Charity until the end of Dance with Me, Darling. During this portion of act one it is night time and it is storming, Hence the lightning flashes and power outages called for in the script and stage directions. The end of act two, when the towns people and Bat Boy are at the mouth of the cave, is also at night, or dusk.

3. Economic Environment: Money, class level, state of wealth or poverty. What does economics mean to the characters? If you don't think economics matters to the characters, think again. Hope Falls, West Virginia is in economic turmoil, the coal mines have closed up and the people have turned to raising cows to earn their living. The problem is that the cows are not large enough, according to government regulations, to slaughter. Not to mention that the cows have suddenly begun to die due to what they are calling a "plague". There are twenty-three dead cows and they are looking for a reason, any reason, to place the blame upon. Edgar arrives on the scene and is a convenient outlet to place the blame upon. He is different, an outcast, and that scares the townspeople.

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