BLOG #5 --Amadeus!

the element which i most enjoyed about reading Amadeus is the way in which the audience is encorperated into the play. lighting play a huge part of how the audince is exposed, an example of which is on page 15 when Salieri is confronting the audieince saying "Now, won't you appear? i need you--desperatly!'...'Let me try to conjure you now--Ghosts of the distant Future--so i can see you", at this moment the dialogue becomes illuminated in light as the house lights slowly come up until they eventually reach their maximum light. this is the first moment in which the audience is blatently exposed as a part of this play and this moment sets the tone for the fact that the audience will continure to be a part of the production for the continuance of the show. another example of how the audience is used in Amadeus comes into affect in the setup of scene eight on page 37. during this moment the stage becomes converted into a theater and the characters are situated so that they are looking out into the audience as if they were the show being watched. genious! the audience continues to be used as a tool throught this play in truly innovative ways which do not detract from the general theme and tone of the play.
when thinking about how i would write play i always strayed away from the idea of including the audience because i always feared that would take the audience out of the reality of the play and force them into thier actual reality---thus completely ruining the illusion of theater. however, after reading Amadeus i have found that including the audiance can totally work as long as your play is not shooting to be completely realistic. Amadeus sets the tone for a bit of a fantastical production in the sense that the characters V1 and V2 portray the notion that this play will be a bit absurd at times. therefor, now that the tone has been acknowlaged, it is completely logical to include the audience in creative ways due to the fact that they are already acustomed to a play which is a bit out of the ordinary at times.