Tuesday: On Tuesday’s double lesson of theatre studies class, we began to put into practise our understanding of Shakespeare language. Mr Patterson wrote on the board the correct way to perform Shakespeare monologues. We then did an activity in which we would slap our hand on our leg every two syllables of Shakespeare lines. The purpose of this activity was to get a feel for the beat and rhythm of Shakespeare’s language. We then were sent to the library to photocopy scripts. My group which consists of Maggie, Raine and myself had a bit of trouble finding a new script that had three roles that had evenly distributed lines. Seeing as though we weren’t doing the witches from Macbeth anymore, we decided on a nurse, lady Capulet and Juliet scene from Romeo and Juliet. But of course after we had photo copied that scene we realised that Capulet was also in it, and we don’t have a fourth person. Our struggle continued until…
Wednesday: On Wednesday’s theatre class, it was only a single lesson so we played a game called ‘kick the box’. We had to pick a chunk out of a Shakespeare text, which had four lines. Actually this game is more like ‘kick the mattress’, because on the last word of each line we had to kick the mattress, whilst two peers held it on either side. The purpose of this exercise was to add emphasis to certain words when performing Shakespeare. Maggie and I then proceeded to the library at lunch time, where we searched the depths of Shakespeare threesomes (in search for a better word). We finally found a scene from Macbeth with the doctor, Lady Macbeth and Gentlewomen, in act 5 scene 1. Yay!
Friday: In today’s theatre class we played a game of Shakespeare Sah, half way through the game Mr Patterson added a new phrase “The chalice has been poisoned!” and then we all make chocking noises. Then we got straight into our plays and choosing monologues. I chose the nurse’s monologue from Romeo and Juliet where she goes on about how she raised Juliet. I feel as though our group made allot of progress with in the time we had today and if we all learn our lines in time we should be fine to perform in a couple of weeks.
Wednesday: On Wednesday’s theatre class, it was only a single lesson so we played a game called ‘kick the box’. We had to pick a chunk out of a Shakespeare text, which had four lines. Actually this game is more like ‘kick the mattress’, because on the last word of each line we had to kick the mattress, whilst two peers held it on either side. The purpose of this exercise was to add emphasis to certain words when performing Shakespeare. Maggie and I then proceeded to the library at lunch time, where we searched the depths of Shakespeare threesomes (in search for a better word). We finally found a scene from Macbeth with the doctor, Lady Macbeth and Gentlewomen, in act 5 scene 1. Yay!
Friday: In today’s theatre class we played a game of Shakespeare Sah, half way through the game Mr Patterson added a new phrase “The chalice has been poisoned!” and then we all make chocking noises. Then we got straight into our plays and choosing monologues. I chose the nurse’s monologue from Romeo and Juliet where she goes on about how she raised Juliet. I feel as though our group made allot of progress with in the time we had today and if we all learn our lines in time we should be fine to perform in a couple of weeks.