The curtain rises on an empty stage. It is late afternoon November, 1945. The rooms are dusty, the curtains in rags. Chairs and tables are overturned. It is early morning, July 1942. The rooms are bare, as before, but they are now clean and orderly. Read the two sets of stage directions in the passage. Then explain how you would set the stage to show that a time shift has occurred if you were the director.

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12 December, 16:39

The curtain rises on an empty stage. It is late afternoon November, 1945. The rooms are dusty, the curtains in rags. Chairs and tables are overturned. It is early morning, July 1942. The rooms are bare, as before, but they are now clean and orderly. Read the two sets of stage directions in the passage. Then explain how you would set the stage to show that a time shift has occurred if you were the director.

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Cowan · Answer 1

I would move the items around noticeably to show a change in time.

Ruth Kelly · Answer 2

Using the same furniture Adding or removing dust from the roomsMaking the rooms dirty and then cleanChanging the curtains from old to new Changing the lighting