Ideal for online lessons
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE THEATRE IN ENGLAND:
From the Romans to the Victorians
For use as an online or theory lesson, introducting theatre in the following eras:
Roman times
Medieval times
The Renaissance
The Restoration
Victorian times
There is a quiz at the end.
Bertolt Brecht introduction lessons
A short SOW broken up into three parts and with lots of links to external resourses.
Introduces the learner to who Brecht was; The V Effect; and a look at his style on stage using The Caucasian Chalk Circle as an example.
Slides to support a scheme about Stanislavski. Includes information about his life and career. Acivities include those that introduce learners to aspects of Stanislavski’s system including The Magic If and Emotion Memory.
KS3 Drama: Oedipus Scheme
This large set of slides can support a scheme of 10-12 lessons, or use a reduced number from the set. Explore the quintessential Ancient Greek tragedy and apply a large range of conventions including:
Improvisation
Mantle of the expert
Whole class drama
Hot seating
In role writing
Image theatre
36 x Slides to support a unit of work on Devising drama. Ideal for an introduction to devising for Year 9 or 10.
The stimulus chosen is ‘The Persistence of Memory’ by Dali. There is reference to Stanislavski as a possble practitioner.
Several reflection activites, which would be ideal to set as remote / blended learning.
Commedia dell’Arte - 6 lesson UOW
Slides to support 6 lessons about Commedia dell’Arte with information about charaters and ideas for practical exploration.