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LESSON

Where We Lay Our Scene: Settings and Contexts

Overview

3 Activities
Key questions
  • In what ways is Romeo and Juliet a timeless play?
Key words
  • Original practice
  • Proscenium arch
  • Staging
  • Symbolism
  • Verticality

Lesson objectives

  1. Performance contexts, original practice and Shakespeare through time (AO3)
  2. Understanding of the play’s universal themes (AO1)
  3. Some opportunities for analysis (particularly of form) (AO2)

In this lesson