Antigone Journal #1

Setting the Scene:
The main setting for this beginning part of the play is that there at some type of home, presumably the castle, since Creon is the King, and the characters are his family. Also, it must be a home because when Antigone comes in she comes upon a "house asleep". So, it should be early morning, and everyone is still sleeping.
At the beginning, there are "steps", and the Guards are sitting there as well as Eurydice and Antigone and the Nurse. So I think it's not some type of huge staircase but rather maybe three or four large, wide steps which lead down into the home where the table is at. Because, when Antigone comes in she enters from outside, "through the arch". So the arch is essentially the doorway to inside. Next, she "moves downstage" and ends up at the table. So the table is inside. But, when she hears the nurse come in through the left archway, she runs towards "the exit".and "as she reaches the steps" the nurse comes through. Which means the steps have to come before the archway since that would be the exit. So, the scene should be set up with a triple arch (since there is left, right and center) and then a few wide stairs leading into a home, where there is a table. Since the table is where Creon was sitting and thinking, it is possible that it is some type of office.
Also, since the house is supposed to be quiet and everyone is asleep and Antigone is looking off into the distance and runs when she sees the nurse, obviously she is sneaking around trying to do something. So she is probably tiptoeing, and being cautious and it's very silent.
I think that Chorus is one person in this story even though in Greek theater it had been many. Because, as the Chorus goes through describing each person, the movements are very fluid and the Chorus "moves downstage" and turns and points, and uses terms like "I" and the spotlight shines on "Chorus's face". And although one could argue that it's multiple people who are speaking individually, I don't see any real support for that argument. Especially since the tone of the writing never changes between talking about different people and the Chorus never seems to be talking to itself, like there's no internal conversation. It's simply telling about the different characters, in the same exact way, using "I" and it says "He" to refer to the Chorus. So, I think the argument is better for the Chorus being one person in this case.