Ubu Roy by Alfred Jarry

Oral Presentation: Pre-Production Concept

Ideal venue

Ideal audience

Symbols

Themes

Colors

Humor and horror

Ideal venue

The ideal venue for the play is the school theater since it has a large space and adequate sitting capacity of at least 5,000 people.

In addition, the school theater has adequate facilities like the sound system and good lighting.

Ideal audience

The production targets;

Students

Teachers

Historians

Drama enthusiasts

Artists

Political scientists

The general public

The choice of the audience is relevant to the play since social and political issues are some of the main themes.

Symbols

The use of symbolic costumes and props in the play relays important message to the audience.

For example, using objects like the stage weapons and furniture implies the notion of property and ownership.

Therefore, whoever uses the objects or symbols implies a sense of ownership.

The symbolic bustle as a costume for women and starched shirts and ascot tie shows a sense of style during the era.

Other clothing styles that will be symbolic include waistcoat, corsets, beards, whiskers, and side whiskers.

All the costumes have a symbolic meaning.

Themes

The play main themes include;

Greed

Absurdity

Abuse of power

Art and experience

The themes continues to resonate well with the modern audience since such continues to affect human existence.

Color

The play will introduce both dull and bright colors to complement various episodes and themes in the play.

The use of black color expresses horror and absurdity while colorful colors like red and yellow shows the humorous element of the play.

Humor and horror

The savagery scenes are both horrendous and humorous make the play funny to watch and listen.

The use of scatological language complemented by utter scenes of shocking violence are appalling to the audience.