What do designers do to prepare for production meetings and to create a production concept and design? Choose one of the plays you have read and select one area of design. How would you go about developing a design concept for that particular play? What would be some of the factors you would keep in mind?

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Designers begin by studying the script, learning about the characters, investigating the location and historical period, and considering practical questions of mechanics, budget, and deadlines, to name a few. All of this research prepares them for the production meeting.

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One of the most popular characters in the commedia dell’arte is the servant to

Pantalone whose costume has multicolored lozenges. Who is he?

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The people of __________ were the most extensively tattooed of all Polynesians

A. New Zealand B. the Marquesas Islands C. New Ireland D. Samoa

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Which of the following did not significantly affect the popularity of a song in the 1920s?

A. piano rolls. B. theatre performances. C. recordings. D. radio.

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