EA214-5-SP-LO:
Shakespeare and Elizabethan Verse Drama
2020/21
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Sunday 17 January 2021
Friday 26 March 2021
15
10 January 2020
Requisites for this module
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The work of this module tests the progress of students' acting methodology, technique and ability to the full. Exploration is undertaken on the breadth and variety of writing during this expansive period in history, to appreciate why Shakespeare towers over his contemporaries.
Working on a full play, students will experience the demands of speaking verse and prose with equal ease, dexterity and clarity. You will be encouraged to make strong character decisions and integrate technical skills fully into the life of a character. Practical project work will enable you to gain an understanding of the requirements of a technical team in preparation for the professional training of the final year.
The module aims to encourage students to:
1. Make bold character choices and execute them with freedom and specificity.
2. Communicate a complex and demanding text with ease, confidence and sophistication.
3. Take creative responsibility for their own work.
4. Contribute fully to the work of the company.
5. Integrate technical skills into the life of the character in a sustained way
By the end of this module you will be able to demonstrate ability to:
1. Find and communicate connection between text, character & situation.
2. Sustain creativity through fresh responses to material & fellow actors.
3. Transform into character through rehearsal choices.
4. Take and build on Director’s notes.
5. Exercise flexibility & sensitivity to change within the process.
6. Show commitment, positive attitude, discipline and focus.
7. Communicate character through voice, speech, physicality & movement.
8. Be aware of strengths/weaknesses, as an actor & within the project.
9. Accept, understand & act on criticism.
10. Show breadth & relevance of research material from a variety of sources.
11. Integrate research into the work.
12. Accomplish individual & personal goals.
13. Extend range, confidence & realisation of potential
No additional information available.
Students work with tutors in small group practical classes.
Learning also takes place in presentations, workshops, supervised and unsupervised rehearsals and performance.
Oral formative assessment and tutor feedback is given in group session
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Additional coursework information
Continuous assessment through observation of contribution to rehearsal and performance
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
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Mr Anthony Richard Clark
Prof Robert Gordon
Goldsmiths University
Professor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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