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Top Acts Solo Performances. 2002 Solo Character: The Boaster Recorded at Hamer Hall 2003. Prescribed Structure. Character : The Boaster: Bottom, the weaver from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Stimulus : A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Performance Focus:
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Top Acts Solo Performances 2002 Solo Character: The Boaster Recorded at Hamer Hall 2003
Prescribed Structure • Character: The Boaster: Bottom, the weaver from A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Stimulus: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare • Performance Focus: Create a solo performance based on the character of Bottom the Weaver from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.After the performance of Pyramus and Thisbeat the Athenian court, the players relive their performance.Bottom the Weaver boasts as he recreates • highlights from his performance in Pyramus and Thisbe • impersonations of fellow players • experiences from his magical night with the Fairy creatures in the woods.
Prescribed Structure • Performance Style: Non-Naturalistic • Theatrical conventions: exaggerated movement, comedy • Dramatic Elements: mood and sound
The Boaster Look for: The introduction strongly establishes time, place, character and situation. The scarf and the hat are essential aspects of the main characterisation. It might almost be the case that once the character was found, the script evolved from asking, “What might this character do, or how might this character react in this circumstance?” The anachronistic music enhances the sense of the absurd.
