We witnessed some amazing acting in class today...Lars and Austin, Kshitij and Linnea, Hailey and Reed, Connor and Sarah. The performances were outstanding, especially considering that groups had just 10 minutes to prepare. In 5th hour we definitely saw a variety of staging/performance choices. I found two clips of this scene made by students on Youtube:
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The questions that we didn't get to in 4th hour, and that you need to respond to on your notebook page entitled, "Staging Lear," are:
•Some critics argue that this scene shouldn’t be a part of any staging, because it can make a serious scene almost absurd (theater of the absurd). Do you agree or disagree?
•Can the audience appreciate the play without seeing this scene? Why or why not?
Homework: Read/annotate Act 5 for Tuesday.
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