The only lighting used in this scene are the candles for Blanche’s birthday, but there is no real significance of them as Stella only brings them out. Scene 8 When Blanche tries to explain the reason of her long baths to Stanley, the blue piano fades out. This represents the ongoing conflict of the old versus new south due to the blue piano said i was sorry three times. [The piano fades out.] I take hot baths for my “I’ve nerves Hydro-therapy, they call it. You healthy Polack, without a nerve in your body, of course you don’t know what anxiety feels like.” Scene 9 the is heard.]” “[... “Varsouviana,” The song is played in her mind, and she is trying to escape it by drinking. Blanche mentions the again to Mitch as she is reminded of the revovler “Varsouviana” and Allan when he shot himself. Scene 10 This scene is right after, Blanche and Mitch broke up. At the beginning of the scene Stanley appears around the corner of the building, the honkey-tonk music is played [... As he rounds the corner the honkey-tonk music is heard. It continues softly throughout the scene] The honkey-tonk music symbolizes the upcoming, slow and strange conversations Stanley will have with Blanche which results in the tragedy. The blue piano is also played, after Stanley complained to Blanche that she left the phone of the hook. -Stanley left th’ phone of th’ hook.” “You Furthermore the trumpet’ is played at the end of this scene, when Stanley abuses ‘Hot Blanche. [She moans. The bottle-top falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly.] Scene 11 Throughout the scene the is heard to emphasize the tension created. “Varsouviana” for me, then [She looks fearfully from one to the other and then to the “It’s portieres. The “Varsouviana” faintly plays.]” At the end of the play the piano” plays again, to show the end of the fight between “blue New South and Old South. luxurious sobbing, the sensual murmur fade away under the swelling music “[The of the piano” and the muted trumpet.]” “blue
The only lighting used in this scene are the candles for Blanche’s birthday, but there is no real significance of them as Stella only brings them out. Scene 8 When Blanche tries to explain the reason of her long baths to Stanley, the blue piano fades out. This represents the ongoing conflict of the old versus new south due to the blue piano “I’ve said i was sorry three times. [The piano fades out.] I take hot baths for my nerves Hydro-therapy, they call it. You healthy Polack, without a nerve in your body, of course you don’t know what anxiety feels like.” Scene 9 “[... the “Varsouviana,” is heard.]” The song is played in her mind, and she is trying to escape it by drinking. Blanche mentions the “Varsouviana” again to Mitch as she is reminded of the revovler and Allan when he shot himself. Scene 10 This scene is right after, Blanche and Mitch broke up. At the beginning of the scene Stanley appears around the corner of the building, the honkey-tonk music is played [... As he rounds the corner the honkey-tonk music is heard. It continues softly throughout the scene] The honkey-tonk music symbolizes the upcoming, slow and strange conversations Stanley will have with Blanche which results in the tragedy. The blue piano is also played, after Stanley complained to Blanche that she left the phone of the hook. “You left th’ phone of th’ hook.” -Stanley Furthermore the ‘Hot trumpet’ is played at the end of this scene, when Stanley abuses Blanche. [She moans. The bottle-top falls. She sinks to her knees. He picks up her inert figure and carries her to the bed. The hot trumpet and drums from the Four Deuces sound loudly.] Scene 11 Throughout the scene the “Varsouviana” is heard to emphasize the tension created. “It’s for me, then [She looks fearfully from one to the other and then to the portieres. The “Varsouviana” faintly plays.]” At the end of the play the “blue piano” plays again, to show the end of the fight between New South and Old South. “[The luxurious sobbing, the sensual murmur fade away under the swelling music of the “blue piano” and the muted trumpet.]”
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