| Instant Lessons in Drama: Book 1 aims to assist students and teachers by providing practical and theoretical lessons on a range of topics. Each lesson aims to integrate the strands of making drama, performing drama and critically appreciating drama by actively engaging students in experential drama creation and presentations.
Topics Included:
- Improvisation
- Accepting Offers
- Using levels in Space and Role
- Building Action and Role
- Miming Objects and Environments
- Playbuilding
- Role 'play'
- Status
- The 'Seven Ages' of Man
- Poetry as Performance
- Developing a Character
- Theatre in Ancient Greece
- The Chorus
- Tragedy and Comedy
- The Stage
- Identifying the Elements of Melodrama
- Acting Style
- Stock Poses and Characters
- Case Studies- The Sunny South by George Darrell, Skate by Debra Oswald, Staging Skate and characters in the community
- Roles in Production
- Understanding Theatre Terms. |
