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LESSON

The Pit of Acheron: Stagecraft in the Weird Sisters' Final Scene

Overview

4 Activities
  • Key Stage 4
  • 1 hour
Key questions
  • How does stagecraft impact and enhance the play?
Key words
  • Blocking and levels
  • Dimeter
  • Entrances and exits
  • Epizeuxis
  • Iamb
  • Lighting
  • Music
  • Proxemics
  • Sound
  • Tetrameter
  • Trap door
  • Trochee

Lesson objectives

  1. Analysis of form (drama and its staging) (AO2)
  2. Staging across time and contexts (AO3)
  3. Understanding of character, theme, and informed personal response (AO1)
  4. Analysis of language (AO2)

In this lesson