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What is a theatre practitioner and how would using ones influence change the dynamics on stage

Theatre practitioners are key and have influence over every piece of classical or modern theatre shown to date. A theatre practitioner is, quite basically, someone who both creates theatre on stage and incor...
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Answered by Ross N. • Drama tutor
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Outline how you would stage Electra in the theatre, justifying your choices and explaining how your design would contribute to the play’s meaning

Electra is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Sophocles around 425-413 BCE, during the time of the Great Peloponnesian War, which ruined Athens. The plot takes place in medias-res when Orestes, the long los...
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How would you use lighting and sound effects to enhance this scene (for example Act 1 Scene 1 of Macbeth)

In order to create the foreboding atmosphere of the storm brewing, heightening the tragic aspects of the play, I would use dark lightening only punctuated with bright flashes to signify lighting and the soun...
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Answered by Jenny R. • Drama tutor
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How did antigone use her acting skills to sustain intrest throughout the play?

Throughout the play, Antigones body language was used as key elements in sustaining interest throughout the play. This was predominantly done through her use of eye contact, as she stared out of the audience...
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Answered by Annabelle H. • Drama tutor
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As a director, outline your objectives for the use of two design elements in your production of the play and give examples, supported by reasons, of how your ideas might be achieved in performance.

In my performance of Aristophane’s comedy ‘Lysistrata’, I aim to bring out the more serious themes of equality and war. In order to achieve this, I am setting my performance in 1918, during World War 1 and t...
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Answered by Phoebe L. • Drama tutor
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