EA439-7-AU-LO:
Shakespeare
2023/24
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
30
31 March 2021
Requisites for this module
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This module is designed to provide an introduction to the problems of directing Shakespeare and his contemporaries. It develops specific textual skills and places the plays within the context of the Elizabethan world view and its reflection in the playhouse. It focuses on techniques designed to help actors with speaking verse and examines problems of staging, design and interpretation.
No information available.
By the end of the module students will have:
Knowledge and understanding of and ability to demonstrate:
Relationships between theoretical and practical challenges to directors
Appropriate research methods
Critical reflection on playtexts
Rehearsal techniques
Guidance of acting
Synthesis of diverse sources of knowledge
Syllabus
Close textual examination of selected scenes
Development of method of analysis capable of yielding clues for actor and director
Examination of salient points of the Elizabethan world picture as a starting point for research specific to a given play
Examination of verse speaking technique
Exploring staging and design problems
Directed autonomous learning, workshops, rehearsals, seminars, presentations and feedback sessions.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Guest Directors
mfry
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Prof Robert Swain
Birkbeck
Professor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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