Nations : February 2015

Nation Setting, Props Etc.

Page/s	Act/Scene	Location	Characters	Prop/s	SFX/LFX	Notes
17	Prologue	Tree	Mau, Grandfather birds	Axe	Thunder, Lighting.	Birds are the Grandfathers.
17 - 20	Act 1, Sc 1	Deck of Sweet Judy	Sailors, Daphne, Milton, Roberts, Polegrave, Foxlip, Cox		Wheel
21 - 27	Act 1, Sc 2	Beach	Mau, Father, Locaha, Milton	Masks		The Nation enter all wearing masks. Dad gets turned into Locaha, rising high up and unmasked. Whole body masks. Father and Mau circling on another as they talk, ripping of masks.
27 - 29	Act 1, Sc 3	The wreck of Sweet Judy	Daphne, Roberts (Dead), Milton	Oil Lamp
29 - 33	Act 1, Sc 4	The beach	Mau, Daphne, Milton, Grandfathers	Gun
33 - 38	Act 1, Sc 5	The wreck of Sweet Judy	Mau, Daphne, Milton, 2 x Grandfathers, Roberts (Dead), Grandmother	Tea service, book
38 - 41	Act 1, Sc 6	Beach night time	Mau, Daphne, Milton, Roberts (Dead), Locaha			They go into water.
41 - 43	Act 1, Sc 7	On island somewhere	Chief, Raider 1, Raider 2, Cox, Raider 3, Raider 4		Drums	Drumming and chanting.
44 - 48	Act 1, Sc 8	? Evening, stars	Mau, Daphne, Milton, Ataba, Milo, Pilu, Cahle,	Telescope		A boat approaches.
48 - 52	Act 1, Sc 9	The Women’s place (hut)	Daphne, Cahle inside, Milo, Pilu, Mau outside	Medical book, baby
52 – 61	Act 1, Sc 10	Next day bright sun, then deep forest	Mau, Ataba, Milo, Cahle, Milton, Pilu, Islanders, Marsigala,	Twinkle, fruit, axe, bowl, Sow and piglets, barrels, tools, hammers, saws, ropes,		Beer ceremony,
61 - 63	Act 1, Sc 11	On island somewhere	Polegrave, Foxlip, Raider, Cox		Drums	Drumming and chanting.
63 - 67	Act 1, Sc 12	Beach	Mau, Milo, Islander 1, Islander 2, Islander 3, Ataba, Pilu, Daphne, Cahle	Hat, Twinkle	Heavy rain	Heavy rain
67 - 70	Act 1, Sc 13	Lagoon	Mau, Pilu, Milo, Ataba, Locaha	Canoe, God anchors
70 - 74	Act 1, Sc 14	Night beach	Cahle, Milo, Daphne, members of Nation, Ataba, Pilu, Marisgala	Stethoscope, medicine bag, Twinkle, poison
74 - 79	Act 1, Sc 15	Absolute darkness, Ancient island city, Victorian funeral	Daphne, Mau, Locaha, Dreamfish, Islanders, Marisgala, Grandmother, Father, Choir, Cox, Son, Milo	Non-European telescope, coffins, Dreamfish	Light from coffin	Waves flood the room. Changing lights, red lighting humming to signify the underworld – Tribal.
79 - 81	Act 1, Sc 16	Near cave of the Grandfathers.	Marisgala, Daphne, Mau, Ataba, Cahle, Milo, Pilu, Milton	Twinkle, Dreamfish
85 – 91	Act 2, Sc 1	Nation village	40 x Nation, Mau, Milton, Cahle, Milo, Ataba, mau, daphne,	God anchors, Twinkle, Stone globe, red globe, pocket watch,		Shelters
91 – 97	Act 2, Sc 2	Cave internal/external	Milton, Daphne, Ataba, Mau, Land of Locaha Islanders	Rock, star charts, God anchors, map of the night sky, False teeth		Thousands of God anchors, four huge statues of Air, fire, water and Glass Imo. Vision of the Nation as it once was
98 – 101	Act 2, Sc 3	Wiltshire	Grandmother, Five Gentleman of the Last Resort (Orange, Purple, Green, Red, Yellow), A servant
101 – 105	Act 2, Sc 4	Village?	Daphne, Cahle, Milo, Foxlip, Polegrave, Marisgala, Milton, Mau, Ataba, Pilu, Islanders	Twinkle, Guns,
106 – 110	Act 2, Sc 5	A hut	Daphne, Foxlip, Polegrave	Bowl, fruits, knife,
110 – 115	Act 2, Sc 6	Village?	Daphne, Nation, Mau, Cahle, Marisgala, Milton, an Islander	Twinkle, Gun	Drums beating off.
115 - 129	Act 2, Sc 7	The beach	Raiders, Cox, Mau, Milton, Daphne, Locaha, The Nation.	Drums, blue crab, silver dream fish, canoe, gun, sharks, driftwood, axe	Drumming and chanting	Many Maus appear, Maus swim under water, an explosion of birds. Everyone move in slow motion apart from Maus and Cox
129 – 131	Act 2, Sc 8	On the island	iTo, Mau, Daphne,	Twinkle
131 - 144	Act 2, Sc 9	On the island	Father, Marisgala, Islanders, Soldiers, Milo, Grandmother, Five Gentleman of the Last Resort (Orange, Purple, Green, Red, Yellow), A servant, Old man, girl, man, Cahle,	Guns, red carpet, stool, crown, cape, Union Jack, formal hat, telescope		Dolphins play and sing, welcome ceremony

Sunday, 15 February 2015