Wednesday, 22 February 2012
My scene…
A midsummers night dream… the Plot…
ØMy scene is from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare.Scene History…
ØA Midsummer Night's Dream it is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596.
The globe…
vIn the globe there is a number for staging heights: the havens, witch were above the stage; the hell, witch was below the stage; land or earth, witch was the stage its self.
My Monologue...
Monologue History…
vMy monologue is from “A Woman Killed With Kindness” written by Thomas Haywood. I play “windoll”.
vMy monologue is from “A Woman Killed With Kindness” written by Thomas Haywood. I play “windoll”.
vA Woman Killed with Kindness is an early seventeenth-century stage play, a tragedy written by Thomas Heywood.
vActed in 1603 and first published in 1607.
About the script my monologue is from…
Other information…
vDuring the civil war and the restoration was when the script was written.
vMy character would be “Melancholy” so this means a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged. I know this because it says it in the stage directions. We didn’t have many of these included in the script before the restoration era.
The king of bling…
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Monday, 6 February 2012
the fifth week
in the fifth week we did restoration theatre.
Historical Background
•Charles I was removed from throne and beheaded by Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans in 1649 after a 7 year civil war
•Next 11 years known as the commonwealth
–Cromwell died in 1658 and his son could not control government
•In 1660, Charles II, who had been living in France, was invited by a newly elected Parliament to return from exile and rule England
–Monarchy was restored and the new period was called the Restoration.
–Rulers that followed:
•James II (1685)
•William and Mary (1688)
Historical Background
•Charles I was removed from throne and beheaded by Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans in 1649 after a 7 year civil war
•Next 11 years known as the commonwealth
–Cromwell died in 1658 and his son could not control government
•In 1660, Charles II, who had been living in France, was invited by a newly elected Parliament to return from exile and rule England
–Monarchy was restored and the new period was called the Restoration.
–Rulers that followed:
•James II (1685)
•William and Mary (1688)
the fouth week
we continued with Renaissance Theatre.
Overview.
English Renaissance theatre is drama
written and performed publicly in
England during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth (1558–1603), known as
“Elizabethan theatre”; King James I
(1603–1625), known as “Jacobean theatre”;
and King Charles I (1625 until
the closure of the theatres in 1642),
known as “Caroline theatre”. It includes
the drama of William Shakespeare along
with many other famous dramatists.
Overview.
English Renaissance theatre is drama
written and performed publicly in
England during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth (1558–1603), known as
“Elizabethan theatre”; King James I
(1603–1625), known as “Jacobean theatre”;
and King Charles I (1625 until
the closure of the theatres in 1642),
known as “Caroline theatre”. It includes
the drama of William Shakespeare along
with many other famous dramatists.
the third week
the third week of the course we did Renaissance Theatre.
Overview.
English Renaissance theatre is drama
written and performed publicly in
England during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth (1558–1603), known as
“Elizabethan theatre”; King James I
(1603–1625), known as “Jacobean theatre”;
and King Charles I (1625 until
the closure of the theatres in 1642),
known as “Caroline theatre”. It includes
the drama of William Shakespeare along
with many other famous dramatists.
Overview.
English Renaissance theatre is drama
written and performed publicly in
England during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth (1558–1603), known as
“Elizabethan theatre”; King James I
(1603–1625), known as “Jacobean theatre”;
and King Charles I (1625 until
the closure of the theatres in 1642),
known as “Caroline theatre”. It includes
the drama of William Shakespeare along
with many other famous dramatists.
the second week
the second week we did medevill theatre.
Overview.
Medieval theatre refers to the theatre of
Europe between the fall of the Western
Roman Empire and the beginning of the
Renaissance. The term refers to a
variety of genres because the time
period covers approximately a thousand
years and an entire continent.
Most medieval theatre is not well
documented due to a lack of surviving
records and texts, a low literacy rate of
the general population, and the
opposition of the clergy to some types of
performance.
Overview.
Medieval theatre refers to the theatre of
Europe between the fall of the Western
Roman Empire and the beginning of the
Renaissance. The term refers to a
variety of genres because the time
period covers approximately a thousand
years and an entire continent.
Most medieval theatre is not well
documented due to a lack of surviving
records and texts, a low literacy rate of
the general population, and the
opposition of the clergy to some types of
performance.
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