1. read "production notes from the playwrights" on pp. 103-104 of the night thoreau spent in jail
2. the playwrights contend that, "thoreau's decision to return to the human race is the shape, the parabola, of the play" looking back, why do you think henry ultimately comes to this decision?
were you surprised by it, or or disappointed? explain how you view the play's ending-happy, sad, comic, tragic and why you view it this way.
3. in the production notes, the playwrights call for a spare and uncomplicated staging of their work. why? comment on the relationship between the play's subject matter and its conceptual and
theatrical design. plays are meant to be seen and heard, not just read in light of this, how would you if given the task go about directing, casting, and staging the night thoreau sportin
jail? what choices would you make? why would you make them? be specific
4. thinking about how the playwrights of the night thoreau spent in jail wish their play to be staged, how would you want your dramatic scene to staged? how can direction, casting, and
staging support the plot, characterization, and theme of your scene?