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The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson
For the Hound, I photoshopped an image of a ghostly dog and then projected it onto a backdrop. The image appeared only during the final confrontation with Watson, Holmes and Lestrade. The rest of the lights were dimmed and then, as the actors ran toward the image, it faded away and was replaced by a flickering strobe. Holmes and Watson fought an invisible creature in the strobelit area while Lestrade was briefly illuminated and shooting her gun. Earlier in the show, I also used the projector to put up images of London when the characters are at Holmes's study, and a train puffing along the tracks when the characters were transported on a train. We had to make [our production] work with only two male actors. Many young women were happy to put on a beard and play Selden, Mr. Barrymore, Perkins and Hugo. The script was great for that because I was able to put in all of the extra actors I didn't have roles for as henchmen and townspeople. I also used them to carry the signs in for the scene descriptions as well as the words in the note that Holmes and Watson examine from The Times.
Chad Gifford, Central Campus High School, Minot, N.D.
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The script was fast paced with many scene changes and we used actual sign boards to indicate changes of scene, creating more roles and stage time.
The scene with the 'words' also allowed for creative blocking and each word developed a character, including one little word that got lost and had to be coaxed on stage. The audience loved it!
Hester Gibson, New Germany Rural High School, New Germany, Nova Scotia, Canada
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