Larry is a character that looks for sex and finds love, he gets his heart broken and resolves never to be hurt again. He is strong, self-assured, blunt but gets straight to the point. Larry doesn't like playing games as apposed to Dan's character. He has a sexual encounter with Alice but his true love is for Anna as he tries to win her back later on in the play.
Marber wrote Closer with very naturalistic characters to make them believable, relatable to an audience. Marber didn't write the Closer as a love story it is more better described as an adult story about love. Sex and relationships are a huge theme throughout and take place in every conversation.
After closely studying scene 6, the thing that takes away from the naturalism is the split staging and chopping and changing between Dan and Alice and Larry and Anna, because we are cutting this from our performance this makes the scene far more naturalistic. Therefore together me and Gemma decided to have naturalistic set. and play the performance with a forth wall.
Chaise-longue and a throw. This is taken from Marber's original director of using a chaise-longue, we decided to add a throw as this makes the room more expensive, as Larry and Anna are a well off couple with high paying jobs.
Table. This is used so that when Larry brings in the gifts he puts them on there to give Anna the postcard. This is also used to display candles as Anna is a very arty person I feel she would have candles in their home.
Chest of drawers. The chest of drawers we've chosen to use is quite ornate and quirky again much like Anna it's placed beside the chaise-longue so when Anna hides the photo of Alice she does not have to move far away from the chaise-longue as we decided that Anna would never leave the chaise-longue until she starts to argue back with Larry.
Stairs. This was an idea taken from the film of Closer as this has been a great influence on our acting. I affords somewhere for Larry to go to get changed in the blackouts so that he doesn't just walk into the next room. The again gives the idea of elegance and an artistic feel to Anna's influence on the house as these aren't ordinary stairs they hardly lift off the floor and have no banister suggesting that if the relationship falls apart there is nothing to stop it. The stairs are also used to represent power within the play that when Larry is at the top of the stairs is says a cheeky remark to remind Anna that she's in her place 'don't you ever forget it'.
Bar. This was suggested because Larry and Anna are quite sociable people they host openings for gallery's they go to expensive restaurants we felt that drinking would be a big part of their life and felt a bar was appropriate into their home.
Photos. Anna is a photographer and much like the film she displays her work on the walls, we have tried to show this by having photos along the back of the wall.
The rug was originally in our drafts yet was taken out as the rug cheapened the feel of the room where as it would be more open plan. The rug also made the room feel more homely and secure which it isn't in this scene is it open and brutal.
All of the set is something Anna would have chosen for their home as Larry lets Anna walk all over him and this is reinforced by the set although we wouldn't think this of them when throughout the duologue Larry has the power over Anna.
Each piece of set is used throughout the duologue there is nothing there without reason.
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