RESEARCHING AND GAINING KNOWLEDGE OF DRAMA PRACTITIONERS

Instructions

Page 1 - choose a Practitioner from the list provided. Click on Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a webpage containing information about said Practitioner.

Page 2 – complete the activity Page 3 – Again click on chosen practitioner, this will take

you to a link of a video Clip of a performance done using said practitioners methods.

Page 4- complete activity Page 5- Click on the same practitioner to be taken to a

clip of someone talking about their methods Page 6 – choose a different Practitioner from the list

provided. Click on Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a webpage containing information about said Practitioner.

Instructions

Page 7- complete activity provided Page 8- Again click on chosen practitioner, this

will take you to a link of a video Clip of a performance done using said practitioners methods.

Page 9 – Complete Activity Provided. Page 10 - choose a different Practitioner from the

list provided. Click on Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a webpage containing information about said Practitioner.

Page 11- complete activity provided Page 12- complete activity provided.

Click on chosen Practitioner to be taken to a website Containing Information about them.

Brecht

Grotowski

Meyerhold

Activity

Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioner1. Where were they born?2. When?3. What was their upbringing like?4. How did they get started in their career?5. How long did their career last?6. When did they die?7. How did their life affect their career?

Click on Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a video clip of the Practitioner's style of work

Brecht

Grotowski

Meyerhold

Activity

Answer the following questions about the Practitioners style of work:

1. Is their style naturalistic or abstract?2. Is there more focus on the actors voice or the actors body?3. How does their work make you feel as an audience member?4. How does their work make you feel as an actor?

Click On Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a clip of someone talking their Method

•Brecht

•Grotowski

•Meyerhold

Activity

Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioners method:

1. What are the basic point of their method?2. Why did they create this method?3. What effects did they want their methods to have

on their actors?4. What effects did they want their method’s to have

on their audience?

Click on chosen Practitioner to be taken to a

website Containing Information about them.

Artaud

Peter Brook

Stanislavski

Activity

Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioner1. Where were they born?2. When?3. What was their upbringing like?4. How did they get started in their career?5. How long did their career last?6. When did they die?7. How did their life affect their career?

Click on Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a video clip of the Practitioner's style of work

Artaud

Peter Brook

Stanislavski

Activity

Answer the following questions about the Practitioners style of work:

1. Is their style naturalistic or abstract?2. Is there more focus on the actors voice or the

actors body?3. How does their work make you feel as an audience

member?4. How does their work make you feel as an actor?

Click On Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a clip of someone talking their Method

•Artaud

•Peter Brook

•Stanislavski

Activity

Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioners method:

1. What are the basic point of their method?2. Why did they create this method?3. What effects did they want their methods to

have on their actors?4. What effects did they want their method’s to

have on their audience?

Activity

use the answers you have written to write a short 500 word essay on your practitioners. Your essay should include:

A brief biography on each practitioner A paragraph on each practitioners methods What you think of their methods Which method you prefer and why.