This is a collection of notes for The Crucible, detailing the set and lighting design for each Act of the play, which would be used for the design question of the exam. Context is also included for bonus marks.
- Painted backdrop reflecting springtime
- No unnecessary furniture to reflect Puritan values of simplicity
- Bare, timer-clad, beige-brown plastered walls
- All pieces of furniture to be made of bare timber with any nails visible and exposed
to reflect Puritan modest values of 1642
- A golden crucifix hung on the wall to reflect Rev. Paris’ materialism while attempting
to appear Puritan
- 3-legged chair, common of time period due to wonky floor
- Bible propped up by bedside table to show religious importance
- Overall, Fresnel beige-white lighting with a golden, soft edged spotlight through the
window emulating spring sun
- Spring sounds
Act 2
Set, Lighting, Sound
- A simple cross on the wall to reflect Puritan values, maybe askew to reflect the
Proctors’ imminent downfall due to the town’s strong religion
- Dim, brown-yellow lighting to reflect fire place lighting in a dark room
- All pieces of furniture to be made of bare timber with any nails visible and exposed
to reflect Puritan modest values of 1642
- Pump for water with small cracked ceramic bowls off to the side
- Painted field back drop at night through windows/door
- Wooden table and chairs, very old and worn
- Soft edged, red-orange spotlight directed onto fireplace to mimic fire
- Very basic metal bucket acting as a cooking pot to represent basic necessities valued
by Puritan’s, hanging over a very worn, grey stone slapped together as a rough
chimney with mortar clearly seeping through the bricks
Act 3
Set, Lighting, Sound
- Open rafters for the birds to sit on
- A large, see through glass cross at the back of the stage to show the foreboding idea
of religion upon the whole town
o Maybe lighting from behind it, so it reflects its shadow onto the ground
▪ Proctor can walk all over the cross, as if to show his disdain for the
views and how he is going against the village
- Harsh, white par can lighting to show the sudden serious change in tone
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