Discussion questions
The following questions can be used to initiate discussion of the poster images.
- Look closely at images 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11. These images show recent performances of Shakespearean plays. What might the performance concept have been for each of these productions? How do you know?
- Look at images 1, 3, 4 and 9. What realistic or non-realistic elements of these performances can you identify?
- How is role revealed through costume in images 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11?
- How have the performers in images 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 used the drama techniques of body, movement, and space to show their roles? How might they have used voice?
- What is the purpose of the props in each of images 7 and 8?
- What rehearsal processes can you see happening in the images?