<< *168 TOM STOPPARD : JUMPERS . FABER & FABER , 1972 . FIRS
T PERFORMANCE : 020272 . CAST : 01 GEORGE , 02 DOROTHY , 03
ARCHIE , 04 BONES , 05 CROUCH , 06 SECRETARY , 07 JUMPERS ,
08 A DRUNK , 09 TV VOICE , 10 USHER , 11 ECHO , 12 SCOTT , 1
3 ARCHBISHOP CLEGTHORPE . >> $
#13 $
< THERE ARE THREE PLAYING AREAS , THE STUDY , THE BEDROOM ,
AND THE HALL . $
THERE IS ALSO A SCREEN , HOPEFULLY FORMING A BACKDROP TO THE
WHOLE STAGE . $
FILM AND SLIDES ARE TO BE BACK-PROJECTED ON TO THIS SCREEN O
N A SCALE BIG ENOUGH TO ALLOW ACTORS AND FURNITURE TO MASK T
HE IMAGES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY OBSCURING THEM . $
IT IS AN ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT OF THE PLAY THAT THE BEDROOM
CAN BE BLACKED OUT COMPLETELY WHILE THE ACTION CONTINUES ELS
EWHERE . $
WHERE THIS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED BY LIGHTING ALONE , IT MIGHT B
E AN IDEA TO PUT THE BEDROOM IN A PERMANENT GAUZE BOX : BUT
RAISING AND LOWERING A GAUZE SCREEN IS NOT ENCOURAGED . $
ANOTHER POSSIBILITY , WHERE THE FACILITY EXISTS , WOULD BE T
O PUT THE BEDROOM ON . . .
