Amanda Mims' Meditation #2

If I were staging Prometheus Bound I would have mostly just an empty stage, except for Prometheus chained to his rock downstage to either the left or the right and have a scenic backdrop displaying the Greek land. The set would be kept simple as not to distract from Prometheus and the pain and suffering he is going through. The costumes would be elaborate and colorful, particularly for the Daughters of Oceanus in billowy costumes to show that they are free like the Sea. I really think that simplicity is key for all aspects in the staging of this play. I think that the bare stage would allow for the audience to better connect with Prometheus because it is more of a one on one experience. I think that simplicity would give a more intimate feeling between Prometheus and the audience and I think it would be very beneficial to the story as a whole. Prometheus is alone in the world and so it would be very fitting for him to be isolated on stage, in some sort of untouchable area, possibly raised, so that his isolation was not only seen by the audience but also felt by him through his words and inability to act. Isolation is something everyone can connect to because there is always sometime during someone’s life in which they feel as if they are an outsider and alone and so it would be easy to connect with him. There is always that one social situation in which people feel as if they are alone while still in a room full of people, which is exactly what Prometheus would be—completely alone.