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Amadeus

Peter Shaffer 's play Amadeus is in summary about the `feckless artistic genius of Mozart pitted against the mediocrity of Antonio Salieri whose jealousy over Mozart 's success in the play lends itself to murder . The play was an in depth exploration of Mozart as a man and not just as a genius composer the director Kent Thompson brought Mozart 's humanity to the stage as well as accurately portraying the script composed by Shaffer . The elements of fear in

failure and ebullience in joy were the true rivals in the play , and the way in which the audience relates to these characters was extraordinary . The magic , as it were of the play was the way in which both Shaffer 's ideas and Kent 's ideas bred a new life into the classical artist Mozart he was not only a composer by the end of the play but the audience was so engrossed in his life that he became a person to them , relatable with his life , his marriage , his children and his music

The play by Shaffer introduced to audiences a psychological background that was highlighted in Kent 's portrayal by lighting and theme background . The stages were generally a dark atmosphere which juxtaposed Mozart 's own emotional allegiance to failure , but also the lights were introduced in brilliant colors when Mozart 's psyche was enjoying a brief happiness . Kent made the lighting a major part of Shaffer 's script . Kent did a lot of spotlighting , or mood lighting in which only a few characters on stage were illuminated to show their importance . The corners and niches of darkness were the psychological equivalent to the turmoil that Mozart was going through not only in his composition powers , but also in his relationship with his mother , his wife , his rival , himself . Therefore , it was not just the use of lighting but the introduction of shadow that enabled Kent to deftly portray Mozart 's emotional being

Also , Kent incorporated into the design of the show six luxury pendant lamps above the audience members . This allowed the action and the scenery of the stage to overlap the audience so that the actions on stage would be more realistic since the audience was almost part of the play with the same scenery above their head . When the pendant lamps turned on during a palace scene or a scene calling for luxury the audience members were being incorporated into the play by the extension of the stage design into the seats

This is not the only technique Kent used in allowing the audience to become part of the actions on the stage . The way that Shaffer wrote the script , in plot , Salieri is in a wheelchair , and the action is taking place 32 years after Mozart 's , `assassination . Salieri lets out a very penitent dialogue in which he asks the audience to be his confessors In this action , both Kent and Shaffer are introducing that...