Open Rehearsal: The Court Theatre Blog
March 2, 2010
Cave of Illusions
Like the pictures Drew posted below show, The Illusion takes place in a Magician’s cave. In the center of the cave on a great slab, the Magician Alcandre conjures a representation of life for his customer Pridamant. It’s been difficult when working on this play not to think of one of the most famous caves in the history of Philosophy: Plato’s Allegory of the cave from The Republic. In this Plato equates the difference between the truth and what we perceive, with a person chained in a cave able only to see shadows on a wall. Without giving too much away, it’s certain that the images that Alcandre creates in his cave are not the truth - they are a representation. Still, they have much to teach Pridamant as you can see when we open. And opening is scarily close!
Check out the Allegory of the Cave in Allan Bloom’s translation below, and be sure to check back for more updates as we go into Technical rehearsals this weekend!
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