THEATRE APPRECIATION GROUP PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 150 POINTS TOTAL PART I (75 P

THEATRE APPRECIATION
GROUP PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
150 POINTS TOTAL
PART I (75 POINTS TOTAL)
HISTORY AND SOCIETY
For your group presentation, you will be examining a significant period of time in theatre history. You and your group will be responsible for individual presentations on your given period. You will be assigned a group and will research ONE of the following:
Ancient Greek theatre – 700 – 400 BCE
Medieval-Late Middle Ages theatre – 1400 – 1558
Elizabethan theatre – 1562 – 1660
18th century theatre-French Baroque – 1550 – 1800
18th century theatre-Italian Renaissance – 1550-1800
Modern theatre from 1800 – 1915
Modern theatre from 1915 – 1950
Modern theatre from 1950-1990
Modern theatre from 1990 – present
As a group, you and your partners will present an overview of one of these periods. In the presentation, you MUST have:
Historical background- what was happening in the world or the specific part of the world relating to your era at that time? (20 points)
Societal background – research the culture, economics, lifestyles, etc., of the era (20 points)
The audience – who came to experience these plays – from what classes of society? (10 points)
What kinds of stages were used? (10 points)
Dominant acting styles (5 points)
Were there any specific props, costume pieces, masks, etc. used during that time? (10 points)
I expect all group members to participate in the research and construction of the presentation, as well as the presentation itself. It is up to the group to delegate work evenly as preferred. The presentation does not need to be memorized.
Your presentation must be at least ten minutes in length, with every person of the group’s individual video lasting for at least two and a half minutes. This may be adjusted according to class size.
WORKS CITED
You must include a Works Cited page of your sources in your presentation or emailed it to me. The absence of this page will incur a deduction of 30 points.
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Remember you can utilize the library to aid you and your group in research through the LIBRARY RESEARCH MENU located under Content!
PART II (75 POINTS TOTAL)
SIGNIFICANT PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS OF THE ERA
For the second part of your group presentation, you will research and present your findings on significant plays and playwrights of the period of history you have been assigned in part 1.
As a group, you and your partners will be responsible for individual presentations of responses to these research questions:
Key playwrights – choose three distinctive, formative playwrights from the period (20 points)Who they were (short biography) (10 points)
What they wrote – include at least two plays for each playwright (5 points)
Were the plays written in a specific style? What genre are they? (5 points)
Important plays – present one play that you and your group feel represents the time period and its historical and societal norms or differences, written by one of the playwrights you chose from above. (35 points)What is the play about? Provide a brief synopsis. (10 points)
What culture/country is the play set in and where would the play have been performed? What kind of stage? (5 points)
Why was the play written? What was society like at the time that could have made the playwright write this play? Any possible messages the playwright was attempting to communicate to their audience? (10 points)
What makes this play unique – why do you think it has stood the test of time and is it still relevant today? (10 points)
I expect all group members to participate in the research and construction of the presentation, as well as the presentation itself. It is up to the group to delegate work evenly as preferred. The presentation does not need to be memorized.
Your presentation must be at least ten minutes in length, with every person of the group’s individual video lasting for at least two and a half minutes. This may be adjusted according to class size.
WORKS CITED
You must include a Works Cited page of your sources in your presentation or emailed it to me. The absence of this page will incur a deduction of 30 points.
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Remember you can utilize the library to aid you and your group in research through the LIBRARY RESEARCH MENU located under Content
Assigned to : Medieval-Late Middle Ages theatre – 1400 – 1558
I have attached the slide. I am assigned to do slide 7, 9 & 10. ( We are required to fill out works citied as we go )