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4th Period Class: Day 6
Course Description
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Shakespeare and Acting
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EH 71
Spragins
Spring 2011
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Course
Outline:
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The Chandos
Portrait (1606?)
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Ian McKellan and Francesca Annis (1975)
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Emma Thompson as Beatrice (1993)
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Paul Robeson as
Othello (1943)
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Cycle Day
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Assignment
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Tues.
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Dewitt sketch of
The Swan Theatre (1596)
Mountebank Stage (1600)
The
Mystery Plays
Bear Baiting
Shakespeare's Globe, London (2004)
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Course Description
Course Philosophy: We will approach the plays actively and practically.
We will not simply sit and read.
What do we learn about the language, the characters, and the action of
the plays from the practical necessities of staging scenes?
Hint: You have to be open to improvisation. Who knows what the audience
might do in the midst of the action?
Introduction to Course Exercises (Fiona Banks):
Homework:
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A."Words, words, words..." To love Shakespeare, you must
love words. In Elizabethan London, feats of language comprised the
ultimate media entertainment. (that is, beyond bear baiting and public
executions.). (John Barton)
- Choose a word from
the 'diss list' and
look it up in the OED
online.
- First, say the
word out loud. Experiment with various ways of pronouncing the
individual word. Feed off its sound. Then, consider the various
meanings the word has had in its history. Pronounce it differently
for each different definition.
B. Shakespeare’s Youth, notes
from Greenblatt, Will in the World,
Chapter One
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Purported Portrait of Christopher Marlowe,
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
A portion of a panoramic view of London by Claus
Visscher (1616)
London Bridge
(1600)
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Backgrounds to Shakespeare’s Theatre
(ppt.)
Elizabethan Sonnets and Madrigals
sonnet, a lyric poem containing fourteen lines of iambic
pentameter with one of a fairly limited set of rhyme schemes, including the
Italian (ababababcdcdcd) and English or Surrey-Shakespeare (ababcdcdefefgg)
and the Spenserian (ababbcbccdcdee). (English
Literature Glossary- Goucher)
Shakespeare's Verse:
Homework:
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Petrarch's
Laura, Laurentian Library
Florence Petrarch
Sonnets
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Shakespeare's Language:
“Shakespeare’s language has a whole energy that has nothing to do with
what the words mean and everything to do with how the words sound.” (Cecily
Berry)
Homework:
Sonnet Project: You will receive two
grades for this project: the first for a short essay analyzing your poem
and the second for your performance. Write up your analysis of the poetic
effects of your sonnet and discuss your choice of its dramatic situation.
The best essays will be built around one idea. The best performances will
be done free of the text, so memorize your lines).
For further reading: On the composition of the Sonnets. Wood, In
Search of Shakespeare, Chapter Nine, "A Hell of Time" (pp.
179-200) and Chapter Ten, "Shakespeare in Love?" (pp. 201-222)
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Parent
Conference Day
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Fri
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 John Barton (RSC)
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Sonnet Project Acting Exercises - Physicalization: (These exercises were developed by Cicely Berry
of the R.S.C.)
- Relax! Take a break! Get a glass of water, then go find a quiet
place to study the poem.
- Verse Analysis: (These approaches to the verse were developed by
John Barton of the R.S.C.)
Homework:
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Sonnet Essay Due by 3:30 pm
Sonnet Performances Homework:
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 1
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 Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting in Zefferelli production (1968)
Edna May Oliver as the Nurse in George Cukor's 1936 MGM film of Romeo and Juliet.
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Sonnet
Performances Discuss Romeo and Juliet Act 1 (1595)
Shakespeare Set Free Workshop
(Folger)
Warm-up: Choral Soliloquy Putting a Scene on its Feet:
Act I scene iii: Juliet's Day Juliet, Nurse. Lady Capulet, Servant Act I scene iv Queen Mab Romeo, Mercution, Benvolio, et al.
Homework:
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 2-3
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The Capulet's Ball
Dove, Foghorns
(1929)
Areas of Resonance in the Human Body
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Voice and the Actor:
“If words arise from the heart,
They will enter the heart
If words arise from the tongue alone,
They will not pass beyond the ears.”
said an Eastern Mystic. Romeo and Juliet: Photos from Past Productions (ppt)
High Renaissance Italian Art: Giorgione, Bellini and Titian (ppt)
Exercises:
Homework:
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 4-5
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The
Four Elements:
Air
Fire
Earth
Water
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Discuss Romeo and Juliet, Acts 4-5 (1595)
Exercises:
· Five Line Play
Promptbook Project: Choose Scenes, Divide Promptbook Responsibilities.
Warm Up: The Four Elements:
"The most important thing is that the actors
listen to each other, not just with their minds but with their bodies. If
the actors can't move, the audience won't be moved." (Glyn MacDonald)
I have heard
The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
Awake the god of day, and at his warning,
Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine. -HORATIO, from Hamlet
Homework:
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Discuss Wood, In Search of Shakespeare, "The Lost
Years" (pp. 105-119) and "London Fame" (pp 120-151). (Study Guide)
Romeo and Juliet (Performance History)
Warm Up: The Four Archetypes:
Rehearse Scenes
Homework:
Essay
on A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595) due Wed. at 3:30 p.m.
Promptbook due Monday at 3:30 p.m.
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Day 0
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Faculty Professional Day |
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Warm Up: The Four Elements and the Four Archetypes:
Dress
Rehearsal
Homework:
Essay on Romeo and Juliet (1595)
due Thursday. at 3:30 p.m.
Promptbook due Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
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Romeo and Juliet Promptbook due.
Perform Scenes
Homework:
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Essay
on Romeo and Juliet (1595) due Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
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Essay on Romeo and Juliet due at
3:30 p.m.
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Read
Much Ado About Nothing, Acts 1-3
Shakespeare's Sources:
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Homework:
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Homework:
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Discuss
Much Ado About Nothing, Acts 4-5
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Much Ado About Nothing, Acts 1-3
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Watch Much Ado About Nothing, Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson
Homework: Much Ado About Nothing, Acts 4-5
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Homework:
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Promptbook Project: Choose Scenes, Divide Promptbook
Responsibilities.
Homework: Learn Your Lines
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Spring Break |
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Warm Up Exercises
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Dress
Vocal Exercise: Over the Top
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Homework:
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Promptbook
due next Thursday
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Warm Up Exercises
Dress
Rehearsal
Voice Exercise: Over the Top
Homework:
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Essay
Due: Thursday at 3:30 pm
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Warm Up Exercises
Homework:
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Dress
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Voice Exercise: Over the Top
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Essay
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Essay Due: Thursday at 3:30 pm
Homework:
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Essay Due: Thursday at 3:30 pm
Homework:
Read
Acts I and II of Othello
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AP
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AP
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AP
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SENIOR EXAMS
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