Scene 3 Staging

General Staging for Scene 3(pp. 13 - 18), m. 18 - 27

Mrs. Noye and her Gossips sit SR, relaxing and enjoying a tiny bit of drink. They will have the pond/Waves to enjoy.

The others begin to build the ark. Throughout this scene, there is movement and work, BUT everyone stops wherever they are to sing the "at the coming of the fludde", etc., which comes at the end of each phrase. Do not worry about facing the audience, you should be frozen in action. There's one exception. Read on.

At M. 18, the Sons and Wives listen to Noye. First, he removes the masking from the ark. At M. 19, he motions them to work. Sem, Ham and Jaffett cross SR (behind Noye) to pick up boards. The Wives cross SL to pick up boards.

THIS NEXT DIRECTION IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE BLOCKED AT REHEARSAL:

At M. 20, Noye motions to(or moves toward) the tree trunk which is SL. Sons and Wives continue to put boards in place.

At M. 21, the Wives move to the second level of the ark and begin to work there. The Stagehands will probably join them. The Sons continue to work on the lower level. This continues through M. 25.

At M. 25, everyone stops working and faces front to sing the final "at the coming of the fludde". Each individual is thinking what this means to them as an individual. Some are scared, some are confident, some are questioning. We see this emotion on their faces.

End of Scene 3.