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Play-in-Context Presentation:
 
As described on the syllabus, you will share your ongoing research on your assigned Dramaturgy ePortfolio play during the class that covers the time period when the play was first written/performed. As an expert on a particular play and period in theatre history, you will introduce your assigned ePortfolio play to the class, demonstrating your understanding of the play and its larger context, and showcasing the research you have completed for your ePortfolio so far.

Based on your reading of the textbook chapter that’s connected to your assigned play, please fill in the requested information below. Skipping, not fully answering questions, and/or not supporting your answers with specific evidence from an approved text will cost you points.

 

The Wilson & Goldfarb textbook required for this class should be your FIRST source and should answer most if not all of the questions below. If you need more information, you should refer to the introduction and/or the contextual material that is included in the library reserve book that contains your assigned play, and/or refer to the relevant chapters in a recent edition of Oscar Brockett’s History of the Theatre and Brockett’s Making the Scene: A History of Stage Design and Technology, both on reserve for this course at the Lehman library. In addition, the Lehman library’s online Theater Research Guide contains links to resources that can help fill in missing information: http://libguides.lehman.edu/theater.

 

If you are assigned to present in class, you must upload your Play-in-Context Presentation assignment to the Presentation Upload Folder on Blackboard AND post the assignment to the correct section of your ePortfolio no later than 11:59 pm on the day before your scheduled presentation. The Play-in-Context Presentation and Play Analysis Worksheet pages of your ePortfolio will be shown in class on the day of your presentation, along with other pages of your ePortfolio. See the syllabus for how incomplete presentation assignments are graded.


Play-in-Context-Presentation:

 

1. Historical/social/cultural/political context:


*What were some important events that happened in this geographic location during this time period?

 

2. Playwriting:


*What types/genres of plays were popular during this period?
*Who were the major playwrights and plays during this period?

 

3. Theatres:


*What did theatres typically look like?
*How was the stage configured? 
*What was the seating arrangement for the audience?

 

4. Acting:


*What types of people became actors during this period?


*What were typical acting styles of the period?


*Who were significant individual actors?

 

5. Costumes:


*What types of costumes were common?

 

6. Scenery:


*What types of sets were common?

 

7. Occasion:


*When and why were plays performed?

 

8. Audiences:


*Who was in the audience?


*What is known about ticket prices?

 

9. Major innovations:


*How did at least one significant person, group, and/or event change theatre history during this period?

 

10. Artistic/critical context:


*Define a particular movement, style, or relevant concept that directly applies to your assigned ePortfolio play and/or its associated time period, as described in the textbook chapter associated with your play. When assembling your definition, answer the following questions: What happened? Where did it happen? When did it happen? Who was involved? Why did it happen? And why this it important in theatre history?

 

11. Reflection:


*What questions that you had when you first read this play have been answered by reading more about the time period during which your assigned play was first written/performed? (You will lose points if you write that no questions were answered.)

 

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Posting your work to your ePortfolio:

 

1. Always check the ePortfolio Upload and Formatting Guidelines that are posted on your ePortfolio before you work on an ePortfolio assignment. Not adhering to these guidelines will cost you points.

 

2. Click on the "Edit" tab in this text box to add your responses. Paste your work from a file you have saved on your computer or flash drive.

 

3. Delete the instructions you see here when you're done adding your own work.
Remember to "Save," and then "Publish," and "Publish Changes," so that others can see your work.

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.