Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
.Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 1: What is Theatre?
Discuss what makes good theatre
2: Create a scene which shows what they believe is good theatre
Present and analyse.
3: One student sits on the stage and the others watch him.
Analyse whether this is theatre.
Give quote Peter Brook from Empty Stage
Assessment task : Write an essay on what is Good Theatre?
Session 2: lecture on Historical/social/cultural aspects of late 1800s.
Hand outs on Naturalism/Zola/Darwin/Freud from Styan book on Naturalism.
Theatre styles at this time. Introduce Stanislavski system.
Explore two techniques using exercises from Sonia Moore Book on Stanislavski system on Magic If and Truth/Belief
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
.Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 1: What is Theatre?
Discuss what makes good theatre
2: Create a scene which shows what they believe is good theatre
Present and analyse.
3: One student sits on the stage and the others watch him.
Analyse whether this is theatre.
Give quote Peter Brook from Empty Stage
Assessment task : Write an essay on what is Good Theatre?
Session 2: lecture on Historical/social/cultural aspects of late 1800s.
Hand outs on Naturalism/Zola/Darwin/Freud from Styan book on Naturalism.
Theatre styles at this time. Introduce Stanislavski system.
Explore two techniques using exercises from Sonia Moore Book on Stanislavski system on Magic If and Truth/Belief
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Start date: September 2006
Completion date; December 2006
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 1: What is Theatre?
Discuss what makes good theatre
2: Create a scene which shows what they believe is good theatre
Present and analyse.
3: One student sits on the stage and the others watch him.
Analyse whether this is theatre.
Give quote Peter Brook from Empty Stage
“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”
Discuss the merits of this statement from the previous exercise and establish the students views on “Good Theatre” and what Peter brook means by his statement.
3/6
1/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Write an essay on what is Good Theatre?
Session 2:
1800s.
Hand outs on Naturalism/Zola/Darwin/Freud from Styan book on Naturalism.
Theatre styles at this time. Introduce Stanislavski system.
Explore two techniques using exercises from Sonia Moore Book on Stanislavski system on Magic If and Truth/Belief
3/6/7
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Read notes given and research more from Stanislavski book “An actor prepares.”
Start date: September 2006
Completion date; December 2006
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 1: What is Theatre?
Discuss what makes good theatre
2: Create a scene which shows what they believe is good theatre
Present and analyse.
3: One student sits on the stage and the others watch him.
Analyse whether this is theatre.
Give quote Peter Brook from Empty Stage
“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”
Discuss the merits of this statement from the previous exercise and establish the students views on “Good Theatre” and what Peter brook means by his statement.
3/6
1/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Write an essay on what is Good Theatre?
Session 2:
1800s.
Hand outs on Naturalism/Zola/Darwin/Freud from Styan book on Naturalism.
Theatre styles at this time. Introduce Stanislavski system.
Explore two techniques using exercises from Sonia Moore Book on Stanislavski system on Magic If and Truth/Belief
3/6/7
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Read notes given and research more from Stanislavski book “An actor prepares.”
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
.Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 1: What is Theatre?
Discuss what makes good theatre
2: Create a scene which shows what they believe is good theatre
Present and analyse.
3: One student sits on the stage and the others watch him.
Analyse whether this is theatre.
Give quote Peter Brook from Empty Stage
Assessment task : Write an essay on what is Good Theatre?
Session 2: lecture on Historical/social/cultural aspects of late 1800s.
Hand outs on Naturalism/Zola/Darwin/Freud from Styan book on Naturalism.
Theatre styles at this time. Introduce Stanislavski system.
Explore two techniques using exercises from Sonia Moore Book on Stanislavski system on Magic If and Truth/Belief
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Start date: September 2006
Completion date; December 2006
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 1: What is Theatre?
Discuss what makes good theatre
2: Create a scene which shows what they believe is good theatre
Present and analyse.
3: One student sits on the stage and the others watch him.
Analyse whether this is theatre.
Give quote Peter Brook from Empty Stage
“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”
Discuss the merits of this statement from the previous exercise and establish the students views on “Good Theatre” and what Peter brook means by his statement.
3/6
1/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Write an essay on what is Good Theatre?
Session 2:
1800s.
Hand outs on Naturalism/Zola/Darwin/Freud from Styan book on Naturalism.
Theatre styles at this time. Introduce Stanislavski system.
Explore two techniques using exercises from Sonia Moore Book on Stanislavski system on Magic If and Truth/Belief
3/6/7
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Read notes given and research more from Stanislavski book “An actor prepares.”
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 3/4: Explore more techniques from Stanislavski system
Using Sonia Moore Stanislavski system.
On Given circumstances/ adaptation and communion and
emotion memory
Exercises such as : Two spies trying to give a secret note without being seen by the undercover policeman in a café. Adapting to the situation.
Three people at an opera. One thinks they know the other and tries to get the others attention in a realistic manner. This
explores adaptation .
Emotional imaging: workshop on taking the students through a visualisation where they imagine different rooms with different emotions attached to them and then explore and analyse the memories these rooms and emotions evoked. Explain the dangers of evoking emotions and memories and how to safely do these exercises.
/3/4/79
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : More research and reading from An Actor prepares
Handout on Strindberg
Session 5: Plot exercises for Uncle Vanya
Give out given circumstances of plot
Create two scenes with this plot in Victorian times and
modern day, present
Analyse the difference in consequences and the change in the roles of land owners and academics from 1800s to present day.
Read opening of play: analyse why it is a naturalistic play.
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/
1/2/3/4/5
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2006
Completion date; December 2006
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 6 /7Create character biographies for characters in Uncle vanya :
1) Analyse the development of characters in the play do character five step exercise ( characters step into five important events in their lives and describe first hand what happened to them)
2) Do automatic writing of characters within certain
moments in the play to help bring out subtext and sub plots .
3) introduce units and objectives and work on one scene from the play using this technique.
1//2/3/7/5/6/8/
1/2/3/4/5/6/
Assessment task : More research and reading from An Actor prepares, Choose scene and seminar groups for assessment task.
Session 8-14:
Work in groups on seminars and scenes, facilitate groups with research and presentation techniques.
The seminar must cover Stanislavski’s techniques practically and
Analytically . They must analyse how Chekov was influenced by his work and explain the difference between Realism and
Naturalism.
The scene should be one scene from Uncle Vanya worked on through the Stanislavski system
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Read notes given and research more from Stanislavski book “An actor prepares.”
Theatre visit Macbeth: make review notes on theatre visit/ write one essay question.
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2006
Completion date; December 2006
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 6 /7Create character biographies for characters in Uncle vanya :
1) Analyse the development of characters in the play do character five step exercise ( characters step into five important events in their lives and describe first hand what happened to them)
2) Do automatic writing of characters within certain
moments in the play to help bring out subtext and sub plots .
3) introduce units and objectives and work on one scene from the play using this technique.
1//2/3/7/5/6/8/
1/2/3/4/5/6/
Assessment task : More research and reading from An Actor prepares, Choose scene and seminar groups for assessment task.
Session 8-14:
Work in groups on seminars and scenes, facilitate groups with research and presentation techniques.
The seminar must cover Stanislavski’s techniques practically and
Analytically . They must analyse how Chekov was influenced by his work and explain the difference between Realism and
Naturalism.
The scene should be one scene from Uncle Vanya worked on through the Stanislavski system
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Read notes given and research more from Stanislavski book “An actor prepares.”
Theatre visit Macbeth: make review notes on theatre visit/ write one essay question.
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 17: Facilitate exploration notes and analyse sessions in connection with each exploration note.
Assessment task : write exploration notes for after half term.
Session 18:Introduction of epic techniques
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 19 : Practical sessions on Epic theatre techniques
Gestus , exercises on what’s the currency?
Explain use of gestus and then explain Marxist theory and how marx believed that Capitalism encouraged people to think only in terms of what product they could get from the other in any transaction. Therefore we explored what the currency or product each would want in certain relationships using gestus
Teacher/ student., employer/employee, husband and wife.
Evaluate findings
Lecture on Marxist theory.
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : read street scene in Brecht on theatre and passages on social gest and handout on Marx theory.
Session 20: Practical exercises on street scene and analyse its use in epic theatre.
One of the students describes an accident they witness, Then repeat using all the students to help create all the details and
phyiscalise the accident and then create a political piece of theatre using Brecht techniques to communicate that accident or
message behind it
Juxapostion / multi media explored through showing Battleship Putempkin and explore the use of Sprechtgesang
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/1/0
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 19 : Practical sessions on Epic theatre techniques
Gestus , exercises on what’s the currency?
Explain use of gestus and then explain Marxist theory and how marx believed that Capitalism encouraged people to think only in terms of what product they could get from the other in any transaction. Therefore we explored what the currency or product each would want in certain relationships using gestus
Teacher/ student., employer/employee, husband and wife.
Evaluate findings
Lecture on Marxist theory.
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : read street scene in Brecht on theatre and passages on social gest and handout on Marx theory.
Session 20: Practical exercises on street scene and analyse its use in epic theatre.
One of the students describes an accident they witness, Then repeat using all the students to help create all the details and
phyiscalise the accident and then create a political piece of theatre using Brecht techniques to communicate that accident or
message behind it
Juxapostion / multi media explored through showing Battleship Putempkin and explore the use of Sprechtgesang
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/1/0
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session 23: Analyse characters and plot and subplot and epic structure of the play.
Introduce the use of music in Epic Theatre and then prepare them to start preparing Seminar and scene.
The seminar should include : Brecht’s life, his epic theatre
techniques and how used in the Exception and the rule
The scene should be out of Exception and the Rule and should incorporate epic theatre techniques.
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : analyse use of language for each character and start preparing seminar for epic theatre.
Session 24: work on seminars and scenes and research .
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
Session:25– 35: rehearsal of seminars and scenes from Exception and the Rule
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : research and writing up form and structure notes and context notes
Session 36: Present seminar/ analyse discuss links to
exploration notes
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
Edexcel Advanced GCE in Drama and Theatre Studies
Scheme of work
Learning hours: 90 Hours
Title: Naturalism and Epic Theatre
Plays 1 Uncle Vanya by Chekov
(2) Exception and the Rule by Bertholt Brecht
Theatre visits: DV8 National Theatre” O Go my Man”, at Royal Court , Richard II at Old Vic
Video : Uncle Vanya : Laurence Olivier version.
Start date: September 2004
Completion date; December 2004
Content:
Elements
Activities
.Session 37: present scenes analyse and discuss links to
exploration notes.
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : preparation of exploration notes
Session 38: preparation and facilitation of exploration notes.
Assessment task : write up exploration notes Christmas holidays.
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Read notes given and research more from Brecht on Theatre
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task : Form and structure start writing up notes.
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task :
1/2/3/4/5/6
Assessment task :
Dramatic theatre versus Epic theatre
Analyse social /historical and economics of 1920’s and 30’s Germany and how effected the development of epic theatre
Brecht handout
Assessment task : read Brecht handout and research epic theatre.
Assessment task : Read notes given and research more from Stanislavski book “An actor prepares.”
Theatre visit Macbeth: make review notes on theatre visit/ write one essay question.
Write out plot/subplot of Miss Julie
