Purgatory By W.B.Yeats

In the drama Purgatory written by W.B.Yeats, there is conversation between a man in his 60s and his 16 years old son. The drama is about old man’s life experience and the big thing that he had done (killed his father) until finally he also killed his son used the same knife for killing his father.  The properties and the sound effect will support the drama performance to make it more meaning and more interests for the spectators.

            In the beginning of the drama, it can use mysterious music to build up terrified atmosphere. It can make the spectators become curious about what will appear or happen. The stage also can be dark with just a bit of light. After the music stops, it can appear the property like a house that was burnt many years ago and a bare. There also can be many stones there to support the setting of place. The property also has big role when the old man starred to look there are shadows of her mother and father on the window. The side behind the window will be better to be darker, so when that scene is happening there can be a woman and a man make some movement behind the window with light in order to show the shadow.  It can help the spectators to understand more about the drama. It can also make they feel fear, as what the old man feels. In addition to make the atmosphere is match with what is happening in the story, it could be add by woman’s whispering voice. That woman’s whispering voice can be placed as old man’s mother’s voice. When the old man told about his anger of his father’s behavior, the actors who plays as the old man can stand face the spectators. It is in order to the spectators can look nearer about his anger. The way the old man speaks also like he is reading a poems. It will make the spectators get the story line. At the end of the drama when he old man stabbed his soon, the knife property should look like real knife. It can help the situation tighter. Then it would be better if when the boy is stabbed, there is blood out of his part of body that was stabbed. 

Bibliography

W.B.Yeats. (n.d.). Purgatory.