Tackling
a Text
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A Crucible?
What is a crucible and what is it used for?
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Marilyn Monro
✗ Have we all heard of her?
✗ What do we know?
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✗ Well, one of her husbands was
the playwright, Arthur Miller.
✗ They were married for 5 years
✗ (19 months after they divorced
she died, possibly from
overdosing on drugs)
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The Crucible
✗ written in 1952
✗ first performed on January 22, 1953
Jot down all that you know about what was going
on in the 1950s around the world?
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Act 1
Read the first 3 pages of
the opening part of Act
1
Then discuss what happens
and the
impact this scene has on its
audience.
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Impressions
Jot down ideas
✗ Where is it set
✗ When?
✗ What sort of society
is presented?
✗ Who are we
introduced to?
✗ What idea do we get
about them?
✗ What is the play
about?
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Where is the play set?
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STAGING
✗ What feeling is the playwright creating in this scene?
✗ How could you stage this to emphasise that impact?
✗ What audience/stage relationship would be most
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effective?
What sort of lighting? Would this change over the section
studied? If so, HOW?
Where are the characters? How would you convey this to
your audience?
✗ Name three ESSENTIAL props in this scene
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Performance
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Where are the characters in relation to each other?
Who has the most power?
How would you show this?
Does this power relationship change?
How would you show this?
Discuss how proxemics could change and with what
effect?
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✗ How do you imagine the characters are dressed?
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Style!
What genre of
performance is it?
Physical Theatre?
Expressionism?
Comedy?
What are key elements about this
Style of performance?
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List of References
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Departures (2021) Image of Marilyn Monroe Available from:
<https://www.departures.com/arts-cultures/marilyn-monroeunseen-photos> [Accessed 12 Jan 2021]
Slides Carnival (2021) Style Icons Available from:
<https://fontawesome.com/> [Accessed 12 Jan 2021]
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Thanks!
Any questions?
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