Before the play:
Publicity- the poster is of Joe and Kate Keller with an explosion in the background. indicating that something explodes during the play. This can be seen as relationships between the characters exploding or a literal explosion.
Venue- the venue is a little different from what i expected though it does suit the play and the venue which the play was written for. This influences the style of the production as the set and venue are quite proffesional and slightly commercial.
Set- The house of stage left and the tree stage right. A shadow casts on the house- as though Larry was an integral part of the house. Poplars closing in/protecting the secrets of the Keller’s. raked stage.
Lighting- natural lighting- shadow on house
Costume- America int he 1940’s. New Yorken characters wear New york fashion
A forum took place before the play to give VCE students an insight into the play and its history.

During the play:
-The production closely coincides with the context of the original playscript as in honours the original social, cultural and historical contexts
-The production relates to the original naturalistic/ realistic theatrical style of the playscript.
-The application of stage crafts coincide with the original payscript but there are a number of changes which have been changed according to the directors interpretation but do not alter the play; Music has been added at the beggining and end of each act that has a dark feel to it that indicate the darkness of the characters and events of the play, Bird chirps are heard during the more simple scenes where no real conflict occur, which highlights the emptiness during the climatic scenes. The set is slightly different which was obviously altered as a result of their interpreation. The lighting both the the playscript and this play indicate the passing of time, though in the intermission between act one and two sunset occurs which was not in the original playscript.

After the play:
An analysis was written as practise for Outcome 3 Unit 3.

The play one studies in Outcome 3 Unit 3 is important to be read before one sees the play as the expectation thus the original playscript may be altered in the directors interpretation:
-The action of the play is set in August 1947 in the mid west of the U.S.A
-Arthur Miller wrote the play in 1946
-The setting of the plot takes place in the back yard of the Keller’s home in the outskirts of an American town. Upstage is filled with the back of the house and its open, unroofed porch. At the right, beside the house, the driveway can be seen, in the left corner downstage stands the four-foot high stump of a slender apple tree. Garden chairs and table are scattered about.
-The theatrical style is naturalistic/ realistic both in the playscrpit and in the production
-The historical events of World War Two influence in plot of the play as the play comments of the struggle of Joe Keller to forget his past and create the American dream.