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1 online resource (1 video file) |
| Summary |
The film presents a series of workshops with college students, aged 16-18, to suggest approaches to Brecht as playwright and practitioner. The sessions could be adapted to suit high school, undergraduate or youth theatre groups. Rob Faulkner and Wynn Moran, who teach Drama at Xaverian Sixth Form College, Manchester, devised the structure of the workshops after successfully re-writing, staging and filming their own Brechtian version of John Gay's <i>The Beggar's Opera</i>. Two other staff members of the Xaverian Drama team: Katy Cairns and Stephen Hall, helped to conduct the workshops that cover topics such as: a comparison of Stanislavskian naturalism and Brecht's political theatrethe Street scene and the V-effektSocial Gestus, tableaux and archetypesepisodic form and the use of captions and narration/li>Brecht and music The workshop film is recommended for secondary education. |
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12+ |
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Compatible with accessibility standards for most Level A (Priority 1) and AA (Priority 2) success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). With the exception that audio description is not available. All the other audio/video-related elements are supported (synchronised transcripts, captions, play & pause controls, lack of flashing elements etc) |
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Rob Faulkner and Wynn Moran, who teach Drama at Xaverian Sixth Form College in Manchester, devised the structure of the workshops after successfully re-writing, staging and filming their own Brechtian version of John Gay's <i>The Beggar's Opera</i>. |
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-- Documenting performance -- Epic theatre
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-- Playwriting -- technique
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Playwriting
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| ISBN |
9781350922532 |
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1350922536 |
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