the "lockout" scene in particular
Hmmm... Well, mainly just to throw a bizzare twist on this, I could see it being screened like the tornado scene in the Wizard of Oz. Dromio's description of Nell kind of reminded me of the south and somebody pounding on the door with people locked inside made me think of a basement door and people somewhat trapped below although it is the ones above who are trying to get in. Fitting this into the rest of the play would then be the difficulty. It would have to be presentational since ephesus probably wouldn't have any, unless it was staged in Ephesus, Georgia. However, the crazy wind probably wouldn't occur, but now that you can picture the calamity of the wizard of oz scene, translate that to a human being at the door, and that is how I see it. An absolute mess of arguing, pounding on the door, and pushing and pulling the door. Crazy. Crazy. Crazy! The point of view that this would best be seen from the audience is if they saw mostly the people holding the door closed. Then a little voice arises in Aphilous of Syracuse head saying "follow the yellow brick road into the market and buy a necklace." The end
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A storm...
I don't think I like the idea of a storm.Having a storm would have a bit too much going on, which might steal some of the comedy from it. It would also bring a bit more drama to the play than I would like. I think the scene could be taken better with normal weather. As Bleck said in class, the best analogy would be the Monty Python scene with the french men on top of the wall.
Anachronism
I think it would be super cool to be on the inside, and I love throwing modern things (like basements) into older plays. I think we'll see a lot of this in Marlowe's version.
However, as great as your idea is, as a director you'd have to make sure that the point of the scene got across, somehow showing the confusion, frustration, and anger of the locked out Antipholus.
Erin Kay Schulz
Confused a little
So are you saying the audience would only see one set of people, on one side of the door? I'm not positive what your take on this was.
Renee Ward
I just added that part in
I just added that part in after reading the question he posted. After today however, i kind of like the idea of the audience only being able to partially see the people inside.
Ryan K Bishop
The Twist
Haha. I like your bizarre twist. Nice unintentional pun, too. I myself picture something similar, as far a stormy-like setting. While reading I definitely picture what you were describing with the scene being a mess of arguing, pounding on the door, and pushing/pulling. Thinking about it now, I actually think I like the idea more of the audience not seeing the people on the outside. It would definitely add an element of mystery for the audience, and in that sense leave it up to their imagination.
Jennie