Northwestern University Mainstage, A World Premier, Ethel M. Barber Theatre, May 1999 
THE PASSION OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU
by Joyce Carol Oates
Directed by Cindy Gold
Scenic and Costume Design: Holly Eyman
Lighting Design: Lynne Koscielniak
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PRODUCTION PHOTOS WITH RESEARCH
In this image of the Prologue: "When I Died...," Thoreau finds himself entrapped in humanizing conditions, lying in the entangled shadows of windows, trapped in his death bed, introspecting, faced with his owN reflection, in our Walden.
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Thoreau finds love under the stars (Scene 2: Animal) and in Lidian's glow (Scene 10: The Lovers).  Both scenes are bathed in a serene blue providing an inviting  surrounding for Thoreau to express his true passions.
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It is Emerson's wife Lidian who emerges from Thoreau's mind in cherished
golden memories, strewn together to paint a portrait of a resilient woman. 


Scene 7: The Predestined Marriage
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The cold winter months in Emerson's home.

Scene 8: The Transcendalists
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At the climax of Scene 8, an impassioned Thoreau torches his own manuscript, exuding a primal rage which effects and consumes the entire world of the play.  The emotions felt in this fever dream are externalized.
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Scene 12: Walden, 1845 
A young Thoreau embarks on a life of solitude.  On the banks of Walden pond, he constructs his home with
great pride and with
great precision. 
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