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\nWelcome back to Destroying Drama! In this first lesson, we’ll delve into some of the ‘big picture’ aspects of theatrical drama. Get ready to explore the anatomy of a playscript and how information is conveyed in this exciting medium....\nWelcome back to Destroying Drama! In this first lesson, we’ll delve into some of the ‘big picture’ aspects of theatrical drama. Get ready to explore the anatomy of a playscript and how information is conveyed in this exciting medium. We’ll draw on some famous examples from Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Richard III. As always, we’ll revise the basics from previous lessons before teaching you more advanced knowledge. We’ll even show you how to bring it together in a PEEL paragraph!
Language forms/features: theatrical drama, stage plays, primary text, secondary text, dramatis personae, scene descriptions, stage directions, playwright’s purpose, non-narrated medium, dialogue, tone, humour, monologue, soliloquy, staccato sentencing, foreshadowing, characterisation, asides, PEEL paragraph, dramatic irony, prologue, analytic drama, narration, dramatic structure, Freytag’s pyramid, linear plot, non-linear plot, subplots, five-act plays, three-act plays, denouement, in medias res, in ultimas res, ab ovo, non-simultaneous plots
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2019
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literary devices, rising action, falling action, tom stoppard, stage directions, plays, characters, essay writing
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analysing skills, writing skills, analysing, techniques, dramatic analysis, drama analysis, read mr, human kindness, idle pleasures, ultimas rays, medias rays, secondary text, information flow, theatrical drama, brother edward, linear plot, analyzing drama, analyzing plays, action, analyzing, text, narrator, playwrights, arcadia, stoppard, richard, written, thomasina
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