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| Drought. A lack of dreams. Hopelessness. Logic, not dreams. |
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| How is the challenger connected to the stasis? |
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| File is trapped in the past. He doesn't believe in dreams. He believes in reality. |
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| What is the significance of the challenger's entrance? |
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| He is introduced by followers trying to help him win the battleground, and he is insulted. They come to him, when in the end he must go and act on his own. |
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| What is the significance of the intruder's entrance? |
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| Dramatic entrance with the wind and everything. He comes when Lizzie is basically giving up. "To hell with File!...To hell with all of them!" |
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| What are some of the challenger's weapons? |
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| His history with Lizzie. Family connections. Stability. His willingness to accept Lizzie for who she is, not who she could be. Ability to cut off emotions. The law. |
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| What are some of the intruder's weapons? |
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| His passion, energy, words, experience with Lizzie. Ability to put on emotions. |
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| What is some of the challenger's armor? |
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| His home, his past, his silence. |
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| What is some of the intruder's armor? |
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| His dreams, his freedom, his charisma |
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| Who/what is the battleground? |
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| What's the surrender/victory? How would you stage it? |
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| I would stage Starbuck by the door and File on the opposite side. Lizzie would be closer to Starbuck. |
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| Who is the ultimate victor and why? |
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| File because Lizzie chose him. |
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| What is the significance of the title? |
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The Rainmaker.
- It's about someone who "makes rain."
- There is a need for rain. |
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| What does the cast list tell you? |
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- Family
- Small cast
- Male influence = cheap costumes
- One woman has to be strong to stand alone among all the men.
- Starbuck is the last to enter. |
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| What category of play is this? |
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