COLLECT ROUGH DRAFT NUMBER 1
1. Divide the students into small groups. Have each student draw a trapezoid on a piece on white paper to represent a stage, and then have them mark left, right, and front stage entrances.
2. Give the students buttons to represent their characters. Have them reread 1.2 and move their characters around inside the box as they see fit, based on the scene’s dialogue. Students should note their movements on a piece on lined paper, referring to line numbers as needed. Circulate as students do this activity. Let students make their own decisions about the scene, but urge them always to use the script as their authority. If they get stuck prod them with questions such as the following:
• When and how do the various characters move as the Captain delivers his lines?
• Who stands closet to Duncan? Why?
• Does any character move as he speaks? How and where?
• Do any characters touch? When? How?
• In what direction does the Captain exit (after line 48), and from where do Ross and Angus enter (after line 48)?
• What is the mood?
• How does the scene end, and how do the characters exit: Together? Separately? Who leads? Why?
3. Have groups get together and demonstrate their staging choices to one another.
4. Show the students versions of scene 2 and let them compare their choices with the film director.
5. Turn "don't judge a book" on its head. Write about one quality or possession that you have that really represents you--Macbeth Journal #2
To Read: Macbeth 1.2
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