King and I help..
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Topic: King and I help..
Posted By: MartyW
Subject: King and I help..
Date Posted: 1/17/08 at 12:01pm
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Does anyone have a source for or at least a really good picture of the classroom maps from the King and I? Thanks ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
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Posted By: vickifrank
Date Posted: 1/17/08 at 1:55pm
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Years ago I painted one set of maps, I still have it. It's two maps painted on canvas and set up on a wood piece at the top--so set up like a flip chart. The first map is a world map with the latin names. The second map is of Siam, with the king posed on top of the landmass, a serpent in the sea and Thai writing in a few places. (I don't remember if I researched correct Thai writing)
Each is about 4' x 4'
I can send you pictures. You could get them printed to a size you want, or you can borrow my prop. ------------- _____________ http://www.studio-productions-inc.com 1-800-359-2964 The theater scrim people |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 1/17/08 at 2:12pm
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Vicki.. thanks I would love to see your pictures (and any others) ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: Mr. Lowell
Date Posted: 1/18/08 at 10:27am
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Marty, I just did KING AND I in November and I no longer need my two maps.
They are muslin backdrops, approx. 7 feet square, with webbing and tie lines along the top. I flew them in on gold chains from two scenery battens. You are welcome to them, (for a small donation to our Thespian Club).
Photos can be found on our production blog. The photos are clickable if you need close ups or downloads:
http://gdsking.blogspot.com/2007/11/production-photos-act-one.html - http://gdsking.blogspot.com/2007/11/production-photos-act-one.html
E-mail me if you are interested.
Break a leg, Dana ------------- Mr. Lowell, Lighting/Set Designer & Tech Director, for the Linda Sloan Theatre, in the Davison Center for the Arts, at Greensboro Day School |
Posted By: vickifrank
Date Posted: 1/18/08 at 11:59am
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You can see them here:
http://www.studio-productions-inc.com/kingnimap1.jpg - http://www.studio-productions-inc.com/kingnimap1.jpg
http://www.studio-productions-inc.com/kingnimap2.jpg - http://www.studio-productions-inc.com/kingnimap2.jpg
I'm not a great photographer. The second picture is at an angle.
------------- _____________ http://www.studio-productions-inc.com 1-800-359-2964 The theater scrim people |
Posted By: Roxanne
Date Posted: 5/29/08 at 8:16pm
Hello! I will be directing The King and I for our Middle School next spring. I am petrified, it's my first time doing this. Therefore, I am starting my research early. I am curious, what did you finally do about the maps?
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Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 5/30/08 at 9:03am
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We had a school closing in a neigboring district and they were getting rid of some older pull down world maps... We used this for the "New" map with a little white out on Thialand.. As for the "old" map we went to AAA and they had a Mecator map of the world which we cut away all the moder references, pasted it to some card stock and had an artist draw in a huge siam and burma (with appropriate king figures) in the south east asia area.... Hope this helps... ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: Roxanne
Date Posted: 6/04/08 at 11:57pm
| Thanks!!Great idea. I'll put my mom to work --she's a pretty decent artist! |