Shakespeare

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Poster 

Presenting Friday 14 April.

• Which type of play is it (tragedy, comedy)?
• Where is it set?
  
• How many characters are there? What are they like? (male, female, particular looks?)
  
• Ratings for the level of violence, dressing up as the opposite sex, etc.
  
• Describe what the scene is about and how it fits into the play.

• Presentation should be about 5 minutes (divide the speaking time equally).

Scene

•  The performance should last 5-7 minutes. 
• You may ask extras from other groups. 
• One of your players is the “Chorus”.
•  Everyone has a proper speaking part which is big enough to be graded.
• You can change the setting and update the text to your liking. As long as it remains as dynamic, dramatic, and entertaining as possible, while remaining true to Shakespeare's spirit. 
• Use of props will be rewarded!

What choices has Shakespeare made in this scene?

• inside vs outside
• day vs night
• home vs away
• public vs private
• action vs inaction
• political vs social vs religious
• men vs women vs men and women
• positive vs negative
• comic vs tragic vs serious
• family vs friends vs enemies vs lovers
• blank verse vs prose vs both

Today's objectives

• Study the different Shakespeare plays
• Form a group to prepare a scene (5 classes)

HAVO reading exam

Version A (2016-1)

norm 0.6

Version B (2015-2)

norm 0.7

Shakespeare now

Shakespeare based movies & series:

1.     A Midsummer night’s dream (act 3 scene 1)

2.     Hamlet (act 5, scene 2)

3.     The tempest (act1, scene 2)

4.     Julius Caesar (act 3, scene 1)

5.     The Merchant of Venice (act 4, scene 1)

6.     Othello (act 3, scene 3)

7.     Macbeth (act 1, scene 7)

8.     King Lear (act 3 scene 7)

9.     Richard III (act 1, scene 2)

10.  Titus Andronicus (act 5, scene 3)

11.     Romeo and Juliet (act 2, scene 2)

Poster (present on 29 March)

• Which type of play is it (tragedy, comedy)?

• Where is it set?

• How many characters are there? What are they like? (male, female, particular looks?)

• Ratings for the level of violence, dressing up as the opposite sex, etc.

• Describe what the scene is about and how it fits into the play (very succinctly).

• Please be creative i.e. surprise me!