Researching and gaining knowledge of Drama Practitioners

1. Researching and gaining knowledge of Drama Practitioners

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Click on chosen Practitioner to be taken to a website Containing Information about them. • Brecht • Grotowski • Meyerhold

5. Activity Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioner Where were they born? When? What was their upbringing like? How did they get started in their career? How long did their career last? When did they die? How did their life affect their career?

6. Click on Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a video clip of the Practitioner's style of work • Brecht • Grotowski • Meyerhold

7. Activity Answer the following questions about the Practitioners style of work: Is their style naturalistic or abstract? Is there more focus on the actors voice or the actors body? How does their work make you feel as an audience member? How does their work make you feel as an actor?

8. Click On Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a clip of someone talking their Method • Brecht • Grotowski • Meyerhold

9. Activity Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioners method: What are the basic point of their method? Why did they create this method? What effects did they want their methods to have on their actors? What effects did they want their method’s to have on their audience?

10. Click on chosen Practitioner to be taken to a website Containing Information about them. • Artaud • Peter Brook • Stanislavski

11. Activity Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioner Where were they born? When? What was their upbringing like? How did they get started in their career? How long did their career last? When did they die? How did their life affect their career?

12. Click on Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a video clip of the Practitioner's style of work • Artaud • Peter Brook • Stanislavski

13. Activity Answer the following questions about the Practitioners style of work: Is their style naturalistic or abstract? Is there more focus on the actors voice or the actors body? How does their work make you feel as an audience member? How does their work make you feel as an actor?

14. Click On Chosen Practitioner to be taken to a clip of someone talking their Method • Artaud • Peter Brook • Stanislavski

15. Activity Answer the following questions about your chosen practitioners method: What are the basic point of their method? Why did they create this method? What effects did they want their methods to have on their actors? What effects did they want their method’s to have on their audience?

16. 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.