Gr+10+Theatre+History

__Grade 10 Theatre History Project - March 2015__

Your group will select or be assigned one of the following historical theatre traditions:

Ancient Greek Medieval Cycle plays Elizabethan/Jacobean drama Commedia dell’Arte English Restoration drama Victorian Melodrama Bunraku Kathikali Kabuki

Your assignments are:

> - staging: where and how were the plays physically performed; describe the stage and scenery if any. Was the stage inside or out, were there fixed theatres or did plays happen elsewhere? Anything else that is important? > - acting style: were there any special conventions that were followed? Was it very different from the way we think of acting today? How was it different? What costume was worn? > - script subjects: today a play can be on any subject. Is that true for your tradition? What were the plays about? Who wrote the plays and why (e.g. money, pleasure, a message, for a festival)? > - culture: how did the plays fit into society. Did they have a specific purpose? (e.g.: teaching, religious, etc.) > - audience: who went to watch? > > The presentation can be in any form you wish: lecture, slide show, acted, TV programme, film, a combination of ideas, etc. U__se your imaginations__ – this is a creative class! > > The presentation will include a bibliography in MLA format. You are advised to use Easybib.com to create it. You can either integrate the bibliography into your presentation, or hand it in as a separate document, depending on the format of your presentation. > a) a scene or a section from an actual play of your tradition > or > b) an original scene written by yourselves in the style of your tradition. > You may use costume, props and any lighting or sound effects that you wish.
 * 1)  Make a presentation to the rest of the class explaining the tradition and paying close attention to the following:
 * 1)  Act for the class in the style of your period and without a script in hand either:
 * 1)  Act for the class in the style of your period and without a script in hand either:

Some interesting links to watch

Ancient Greek [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSRLK7SogvE__]

Medieval Cycle plays [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nyFLOlEupM__]

Elizabethan/Jacobean drama [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_cTCdkCAcc__]

Commedia dell’Arte [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9pRnz9yZYY__]

English Restoration drama Victorian Melodrama Bunraku Kathikali Kabuki