Fortinbras Project

In my Intro to Theatre design class, we are each to design a set & two costumes for the play Fortinbras. To the left is my finished model in 1/4 inch scale. So the figure standing in the middle of the set is an inch & a half high. The scene I chose is scene 4 . . . . where Ophelia's ghost shows up & kicks out Frortinbras's chicks & has sex with him. The scene takes place in the bedchamber.





The idea of the bed being up on platforms was to make the two girls who came in look more comical when they climbed into the bed. Fortinbras & Horatio climb the steps created by the downstage side of the platforms & sit on the bed. On the upstage side, there are no steps & there is no space to step on next to the bed, so the girls have to climb from the stage level onto the bed. Funny. If done properly . . . but my actors are 1 1/2 inches high, & seem to be largely under my control, so no worries. :)



That prayer bench was hell to make. I can make a bed & a chair & a couch, & maybe a desk, but I had no idea what I was doing when I made that . . . & it was not at all stable, so it's glued to the wall. The doors are inset about a quarter of an inch. And I threw in a couple more wall sconces. After a few drafts of the tapestry, I decided to just make it nondescript.






Umm . . . by the way . . . those bricks in the wall . . . each individually drawn . . . no photocopy tricks.