Epic Theatre

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the genre of Epic Theatre. Students will explore the genre and learn about the basic ideas of how it works. Students will then create a directorial vision for a performance using Epic Theatre.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.What genre of theatre is Konstantin Stanislavski associated with?

NaturalismEpic TheatreAbstract Theatre

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Q2.True or False: When considering stage, costume and lighting design for a Naturalistic performance, you need to keep everything as realistic as possible.

TrueFalse

2/5

Q3.What is empathising with a character?

Understanding and emotionally connecting with a character.Understanding the character and their place in the big issue of the play.Understanding how to character could be performed to an audience.

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Q4.Naturalism is a genre of theatre which is focused on...

... creating strong characters and telling character led stories.... creating symbolic characters and telling long epic stories.

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Q5.Who has overall creative responsibility for the creation of a piece of theatre.

DirectorActorsStage designers

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.What genre of theatre is Konstantin Stanislavski associated with?

NaturalismEpic TheatreAbstract Theatre

1/5

Q2.True or False: When considering stage, costume and lighting design for a Naturalistic performance, you need to keep everything as realistic as possible.

TrueFalse

2/5

Q3.What is empathising with a character?

Understanding and emotionally connecting with a character.Understanding the character and their place in the big issue of the play.Understanding how to character could be performed to an audience.

3/5

Q4.Naturalism is a genre of theatre which is focused on...

... creating strong characters and telling character led stories.... creating symbolic characters and telling long epic stories.

4/5

Q5.Who has overall creative responsibility for the creation of a piece of theatre.

DirectorActorsStage designers

5/5

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Epic Theatre

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Q1.Who is associated with creating Epic Theatre?

Konstantin Stanislavski.Bertolt Brecht.Antonin Artaud.

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Q2.True or False: When considering stage, costume and lighting design for a Epic Theatre performance, you need to keep everything as realistic as possible.

TrueFalse

2/5

Q3.True or false: Breaking into song or talking to the audience was Brecht’s way of helping the audience to engage with the message of the performance rather than forming an emotional connection with the characters.

TrueFalse

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Q4.Epic Theatre is a genre of theatre which is focused on...

Creating strong characters and telling character led stories.Creating symbolic characters and telling long epic stories.

4/5

Q5.The time frame for a plot in an Epic Theatre production is usually...

Long.Short.

5/5

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Epic Theatre

Don’t worry if you get a question wrong! Forgetting is an important step in learning. We will recap next lesson.

Q1.Who is associated with creating Epic Theatre?

Konstantin Stanislavski.Bertolt Brecht.Antonin Artaud.

1/5

Q2.True or False: When considering stage, costume and lighting design for a Epic Theatre performance, you need to keep everything as realistic as possible.

TrueFalse

2/5

TrueFalse

3/5

Q4.Epic Theatre is a genre of theatre which is focused on...

Creating strong characters and telling character led stories.Creating symbolic characters and telling long epic stories.

4/5

Q5.The time frame for a plot in an Epic Theatre production is usually...

Long.Short.

5/5

Lesson summary: Epic Theatre

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Epic Theatre

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

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Epic Theatre

Epic Theatre

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