19.5. Scene 9

   When we first read through this scene I pitched the idea of doing the A and B part of this scene together, in a way intertwined with each other. Not only could it look very good, but also it works as a comment on Dogsborough writing his will. He talks about how he knew about all the bad things Ui and his men have done and how he knows they weren't good men, but in the end, he didn't do anything to stop them.

   We will have Dogsborough sitting in his chair on the right platform of the thrust, writing his letter, We have discussed earlier that this monologue of Dogsborough will be pre-recorded, so that it is like he is thinking the letter as he is writing it. 

   We cast Chloe as the Woman in scene 9, since she didn't have that many parts yet. Honestly, I wanted to be the woman at first, but I have already been cast to multiple other roles, so I thought it would be better to have someone else play the woman, just to have variety, but also because I already have too many lines to learn! I feel Chloe will also be able to bring something new to this part, something I probably would have not thought of.
    Since the woman is crawling out of a bullet ridden car, we thought it could be cool to have Chloe come from below the stage to represent the car, but also to surprise the audience. We have to try this out at Pelham to see how well different sides of the audience can see Chloe once she comes out, but she will have to get up from the floor quite quickly. There is also a problem with the transition after scene 7, since we would need a black out to hide her there. Of course, if we want to go all Brechtian style, we would just show Chloe go under the stage, but I want to discuss this with everyone else in more detail, once we get to try it out properly.