A motif that I found while reading Noises Off would definitely be sardines. Not only are there many
references in the story about sardines, but the characters and the characters
they play all running amok create a sense of crowdedness like a can of
sardines. The appearance of sardines throughout the craziness of the play seems
to enhance the action and affect the relationships.
For a tag like, I’d like to repeat one of Lloyd’s lines, “…and
curtain, perhaps?” I love this line and I feel like it describes the craziness
of this show. There are so many points in the script when things are going
wrong when I’d literally yell at the script telling them to just bring down the
curtain and go home. The fact that the tag line is a little uncertain makes it
a reaction to everything that happens in the story, almost like they don’t even
know what to do to end the chaos.
I also chose sardines as a motif for this play, but for a different reason. My reasoning was that the play opens with the scene involving the sardines and the actress doesn't know what to do with them. This is repeated throughout the play when mistakes are made, especially involving the sardines.
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