Tis Pity she's a whore - personal notes

This list consists of different points I noticed about the play 'Tis Pity She's a Whore' written by John Ford, published in 1633. It was performed at the Everyman theatre in Liverpool.

• The thrust stage and the layout of the theatre meant that the audience was closer to the action making it feel a more personal experience for the audience meaning that they could connect with the characters more.
• The time period was not exactly pinpointed for the audience, a desicion made by the director. I do not know the intentions of this but personally it made me connect with the characters more my focus was not on "Oh, this is set in modern day because of this, this and this", it was more "No direct time period, okay... oh look, actors".
• When Hipolyta died, she was still breathing, it was good that she remembered to but at the end of the day, it distracted me from the main action in the scene and made me very much aware that I was watching a play.
• I could link the Bulter to 'Feste' in 'Twelfth Night', just more violent. He is the quiet character, originally seen by characters and subsequently the audience a lesser background character, but then he spoke wisdom and gave the advice to other characters. Just a point I picked up on.
• Sometimes I felt that the music just didn't fit in, sometimes I felt that silence worked better but there was music in some scenes that were meant to raise suspense within the audience but I felt, for instance before Gio killed Annabel, that the sheer sounds in the scene would have been just as, if not more so, effective.
• The shadows used on the doors, such as when the Butler beat the older woman, off stage, a Greek Theatre trait, the audience could tell very much from the shadows and the noises what was happening but still a lot of it was left to the imagination. The dark lighting on the stage also showed how well hidden this act of violence was, emphasised more by the fact it happened offstage.