4/4/15 - Research

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Thursday 19th March

For the first half of the lesson, we watched a few videos about the historical context of Antigone.

BBC Ancient Greece The Greatest Show on Earth 1of3 Democrats

An Introduction to Greek Tragedy

Here are my notes from the videos:

For the second half of the lesson, we were able to finally practise reading parts of the real script. We had to partner with someone of the same sex (I was with Poppy) to play the roles of Antigone and Ismene. We were asked to just read the first scene to each other. As I was speaking as Antigone, I had a few paragraphs to deliver, which I found quite a mouthful to read. As I haven't had a lot of experience with different types of Theatre, this script and how it is set out is another new challenge for me. I found myself tripping over my words as I read out the mini speeches given by Antigone, but I did my best to add emotion and facial expressions/hand gestures/body language when needed. 

What is also weird about the script is how it is written and laid out, there are no stage directions apart from the 'entrances' and 'exits' so it leaves a lot to the imagination when bringing the piece to life. This script reminds me of the 'East-End Tales' script because of this feature. 

We also had to get into partners of boy/girl as we read out a scene that only included Antigone and Creon (I was partners with Eric).  As soon as we started to read the lines to each other, we immediately clicked into our roles, and managed to get the mood of the scene right. I think that having to act from the script straight away without analysis is really helpful for an independent thought process, it made me think for myself of the character traits everybody has, and their personality. 

- Matilda ^_^