Staging of A P
Staging of “A&P” The art of adapting a story into a play allows everyone who attends, whether they have read the story or not, to watch the characters come alive and see places that would be otherwise impossible to see outside of their own imaginations. In some stories, such as John Updike’s 1961 tale “A&P”, the staging acts almost as a character and is important to the development of the story. ... “A&P” is ser in a 1960’s grocery store, so the most obvious and important prop is the cash register. This is of the utmost importance mainly because the protagonist of the story, Sam, is a cashier at the “A&P”, so he spends almost the entire duration of the story behind the register, ringing people up. ... The last of the staging elements is sound effects. ... When you take a normal story, such as “A&P” and add different staging elements to it, such as props, costumes, lighting, and sound effects, it allows the story to come to life right before the audience’s eyes.