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1、TheMilkTrainDoesn'tStopHereAnymoreTennesseeWilliamsAUTHOR'SNOTESSometimestheatricaleffectsanddevicessuchasthoseIhaveadoptedinthethird(andIhopefinal)versionofthisplayareascribedtoaffectationor'artiness',soitmaybehelpfulformetoexplainabitofmyintentionintheuseoftheseeffectsanddevices,an
2、dlettheplay'sproductionjustifyorcondemnthem.Ihaveaddedtothecastapairofstageassistantsthatfunctioninawaythat'sbetweentheKabukiTheatreofJapanandthechorusofGreektheatre.Myexcuse,orreason,isthatIthinktheplaywillcomeoffbetterthefurtheritisremovedfromconventionaltheatresinceit'sbeenrightly
3、describedasanallegoryandasa'sophisticatedfairy-tale'.StageassistantsinJapaneseKabukiareatheatricalexpedient.Theyworkon-stageduringtheperformance,shiftingset-pieces,placingandremovingpropertiesandfurniture.Nowandtheninthisplaytheyhavelinestospeak,veryshortonesthatserveascuestotheprinc
4、ipalperformers....Theyshouldberegarded,therefore,asmembersofthecast.Theysometimestakeaballeticpartintheactionoftheplay.Theyshouldbedressedinblack,verysimply,torepresentinvisibilitytotheotherplayers.Theotherplayersshouldneverappeartoseethem,evenwhentheyspeakortakepartintheaction,excep
5、twhentheyappear'incostume'.Thesettingrepresentsthelibraryandbedroomofthewhitevilla,downstage,andthebedroomsofthepinkandbluevillinos:mostimportantly,theterraceofthewhitevilla,whichIthinkshouldextendthewholewidthoftheprosceniumwithasmallapronforawhiteironbench,astepdownfromtheterrace.S
6、eparationsbetweeninteriorandexteriorshouldnotbeclearlydefinedexceptbylighting.Whenasingleinteriorisbeingused,theotherinteriorareasshouldbemaskedbylight,foldingscreens,paintedtoblendwiththecyclorama,thatis,insea-and-skycolors:theyshouldbesetinplaceandremovedbythestageassistants.Thecyc
7、loramaandthesefoldingscreensrepresent,preferablyinasemi-abstractstyle,themountain-sea-skyofItaly's'DivinaCostiera'insummer.Sincethevillasare,naturally,muchfurtherapartthantheycanappearonthestage,thedirectorcouldadoptaconventionofhavingactors,goingfromonevillatoanother,maketheirexitsi
8、ntothewings:
