As before, the stage is being set on the pageant cart and the characters will build the frame (the frame being movable because the cart would be too heavy for the actors) the spectacles must now be added.
When thinking of the Late-Middle Ages, most might think the only object of spectacle would be fire, however, their perspective is one-dumb mind sided. There is music, lights, machinery systems, and the mindtricks for the audience; in addition, this being an influenced production we can use today's technology to be safe.
Are we allowed to do this and will it affect the feeling of the play?
Well, 1501 at Mons, two directors took these "secrets" (special effects) machinery and created a tunnel for hell. Actually, it took about 17 people to work this machinery imported from France. One tie in with this spectacle is a witness from Nagler's primary document The Stage Magic of Valenciennes whom account of these machinery as magic. It helped build the set and expand the theatrics of the production.
So could we add fire (pyrotechnics) yeah.
So could we add "magic" to the show? I am going to stop you right there. Magic is an effect to trick the mind into something that wasn't there. I want people to feel the spectacles and understand the emotions of the play.
Nagler, A.M.. "The Stage Magic of Valenciennes." A Source Book In Theatrical History. Compiled. Mineola: Dover Publications Inc., 1952. Print.
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