Scene Design for Your SceneSo for my design, I decided to go with the 1920’s in America, specifically South Carolina. During the times, people were hitting money problems due to the Great Depression and were desperate for it. This drives for the push for many losses in wars, aka the husband of Mrs. Popov with Smirnov needing money. Plus, down in the south, the butlers and old classic styles were still relevant in the time. This establishes a darker time where plays and Broadway first started appearing in the times. This uses the idea of a stationary set with the “fourth wall” being used. The tone creates elegance in a time where it needed it as well as that things were happening during a time that was difficult for a lot of different people, including widowers.The single set element that creates both ideas is the furniture, specifically the portrait and the chair. The portrait brings up the ideal of showcasing your man of the house like in Elizabethan times or in the South as a showing of art and manor. The chair, next to the couch, shows a doily on it just like older women would have in the beginning of the 20th century for their furniture.

Costume D esigns for Your Scene For the main characters, I would like to use Bea Arthur as Mrs. Popov, Alan Napier as Luka, and Walter Matthau as Smirnov. The reason why I do this is because all have had a prime in a character like the ones casted. Bea Arthur can play a strong, independent woman while also being miserable and mournful. Alan Napier can play a WONDERFUL butler just like he did in the Batman television series. Walter Matthau has played many angry men before who have turned into someone for love, just like he did in Hello Dolly with Barbara Streisand. This will bring a lot of great ideas based off their popularity as well as having played similar roles before. We wouldn’t have to spend no more than $1200 for the production. Here are pictures that go very close with what I had in mind.