An Inspector Calls GCSE Student Guide by Philip Roberts

Author:Philip Roberts [Roberts, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474233651
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Set

There is one set. It is described in the opening stage directions. A ‘fairly large suburban house … good solid furniture of the period. The general effect is substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy or homelike.’ A director of the play, in tandem with the designer, will decide how to create this, so that an audience can understand the points being made by the furniture. The set needs therefore to speak of expensive furniture, which is ‘solid’. Perhaps not particularly attractive, but large, well-made, imposing. How to make the general effect ‘not cosy or homelike’? Trying to meet the writer’s demands if you are a designer is crucial. The overall look must influence the reaction of the audience. Such influence is often subtle, and readers/watchers will have their own ideas about how to achieve it. It has to feed into the complete picture, so that, when things begin to unravel, all the elements come together, uniformly. Sometimes, what a set is doing is not clear until much later, maybe after the play has finished. But the contribution of the set, especially if it is a single one, does count.

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