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2013 Monologues Unit 1 Outcome 2 Apply acting and other stagecraft to interpret playscripts from the pre-modern era for performance This area of study.

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1 2013 Monologues Unit 1 Outcome 2 Apply acting and other stagecraft to interpret playscripts from the pre-modern era for performance This area of study requires you to: Choose a monologue from the following monologue list Develop a theatrical brief that presents an interpretation of a scene Apply acting and other stagecraft to develop a monologue for performance

2 Monologue 1 Play: King Oedipus Playwright: Sophocles Character: CHORUS Gender: Neutral (male or female) Serves the expository function of a chorus Implied Style: Ancient Greek Tragedy Setting (TIME): Ancient Greece (around the time of Thebes civil war) Setting (PLACE): In and around the palace at Thebes Themes: The unwritten law of fate, the limits of free will, power and determination, the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom, willingness to ignore the truth

3 Monologue 2 Play: Antigone Playwright: Sophocles Character: SENTRY Gender: Neutral A guard who reports to King Creon Implied style: Greek tragedy Setting (TIME): Ancient Greece (around the time of Thebes civil war) Setting (PLACE): In and around the palace at Thebes Themes: betrayal, god and religion, choices and consequences, fidelity, citizenship

4 Monologue 3 Play: Antigone Playwright: Sophocles Character: ANTIGONE Gender: Female Daughter of King Creon Implied style: Greek tragedy Setting (TIME): Ancient Greece (around the time of Thebes civil war) Setting (PLACE): In and around the palace at Thebes Themes: betrayal, god and religion, choices and consequences, fidelity, citizenship

5 Monologue 4 Play: Hagaromo (The Feather Mantle) Playwright: (trans. Pound) Character: HAKURYO Gender: A traveller Implied style: Noh Theatre Setting (TIME): Ancient times, around the 14 th Century Setting (PLACE): Japan Themes: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/noh/PouHago.html

6 Yr 11 Monologues 5 Play: Aya No Tsuzumi (The Damasz Drum) Playwright: Attributed to Seami, but possibly earlier (trans. Waley) Character: THE GARDENER Gender: Male A poor old gardener from the palace who is in love with the princess Implied style: Noh Theatre Setting (TIME): Ancient times, around the 14 th Century Setting (PLACE): Japan Themes: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/noh/WalAyan.html

7 Year 11 Monologues 6 Play: Matsukaze (Wind in the Pines) Playwright: (trans. Keene/Taylor) Character: CHORUS Gender: Neutral Serving the storytelling function of the chorus Implied style: Noh Theatre Setting (TIME): Ancient times, around the 14 th Century Setting (PLACE): Japan Themes: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/noh/matsuindex.html

8 Year 11 Monologues 7 Play: Macbeth Playwright: Shakespeare Character: The PORTER Gender: Male Porter of Macbeth’s castle Implied style: Elizabethan Theatre Setting (TIME): Elizabethan Era, around the 15 th Century Setting (PLACE): The moors of Scotland Themes:

9 Year 11 Monologues 8 Play: Twelfth Night Playwright: Shakespeare Character: VIOLA Gender: Female Implied style: Elizabethan Theatre Setting (TIME): Elizabethan Era, around the 15 th Century Setting (PLACE): On an island, shipwreck of… Themes:

10 Year 11 Monologues 9 Play: The Two Noble Kinsmen Playwright: Shakespeare Character: Prologue/Epilogue Gender: Neutral Porter of Macbeth’s castle Implied style: Elizabethan Theatre Setting (TIME): Elizabethan Era, around the 15 th Century Setting (PLACE): Themes:

11 Year 11 Monologues 10 Play: That Scoundrel Scapin Playwright: Moliere Character: SCAPIN Gender: Male Porter of Macbeth’s castle Implied style: Renaissance Setting (TIME): 1700s Setting (PLACE): Alleyways of France, on a dark street corner Themes:

12 Year 11 Monologues 11 Play: The Impostures of Scapin Playwright: Moliere Character: ZERBINETTE Gender: Female Implied style: Renaissance Setting (TIME): 1700s Setting (PLACE): Alleyways of France, on a dark street corner Themes: http://www.monologuearchive.com/m/moliere_025.html

13 Year 11 Monologues 12 Play: Tamburlaine the Great, Part One Playwright: Christopher Marlowe Character: TAMBURLAINE Gender: Male A Scythian shepherd and a nomadic bandit who takes control of the Persian Empire Implied Style: Elizabethan Drama Setting (TIME): 1590s Setting (PLACE): set around Ancient Wars and royalty in Persia, Egypt, Turkey and Babylon Themes: Renaissance humanism, immense power, death, revenge, war, religious

14 Monologue 13 Play: Tamburlaine the Great, Part One Playwright: Christopher Marlowe Character: ZENOCRATE Daughter of the Egyptian King who is wooed by Tamburlaine Gender: Female Implied Style: Elizabethan Drama Setting (TIME): 1590s Setting (PLACE): set around Ancient Wars and royalty in Persia, Egypt, Turkey and Babylon Themes: Renaissance humanism, immense power, death, revenge, war, religious

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