One of the most important aspects of theatre is its ability to stage fantastic, improbable, and/or historically distant spaces. Shakespeare’s plays encourage imagination, and they ask audiences to subsume themselves in fictional worlds. How will you use the physical space of the theatre to enhance and add to your interpretation of the scene?
Assignment Question The final assignment for this course asks that you consider all aspects of production: text, casting/ costume, and set-design (visual as well as audio). Students are to choose one scene from either Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet and write about how they would stage that scene for theatrical production. The scene is up … Read more