One of the major requirements for this course asks you to form a playing company of approximately 5 other students. For information on the playing companies of the period, see:
http://shakespearecontext.blogspot.com/2014/01/contemporary-performance.html
You will be responsible for staging one 25 minute scene from a play of your choice, as well as preparing impromptu readings in class. Your group can sign up for a time slot in the semester for your performance, which must be staged and memorized.
As a group, you will write a 5 page reflection document addressing the following questions, and anything else you might add. What portion of the play did you choose? How did you decide upon the play? What are the strengths of the members of your company? What choices did you make in your staging of the play? Did you include musical interludes or non-verbal performance? Why or why not?
Now that you have performed your piece, what would you do differently the second time? Has this experience changed your perspective on Shakespeare's plays at all?
To be turned in on the class period after the performance
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