Desire Under the Elms: Small Town Life

Welcome to the dramaturgical research blog!

In the fall of 2008, San Diego State University's theatre department produced an adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms. This blog served as a source of dramaturgical information for the cast, crew, and University students attending the show. Each post focuses on research relevant to our adaptation, the reasons why we did the things we did, and any other answers to questions presented by the cast and crew.

Please explore the Blog Archive and Labels sections in the column to the right for specific topics,
because as with any blog the posts are ordered from newest to oldest
(as you scroll down, you will first see the aftermath of the production.)

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Small Town Life

Since we adapted the setting for our production of Desire Under the Elms it was important to go back and discover exactly what a small town in Missouri might look like instead of the original 1850s New England setting. Though almost none of the following images are from Missouri, they accurately portray the "small town" feel that we want to impress.