This post outlines ten Shakespeare plays every student should read. Often hailed as the greatest playwright in the English language, William Shakespeare has left an unforgettable mark on the world of literature, producing works that…
This post of Epic Theatre activities and exercises for students is the third in a series, focusing this time on advanced-level techniques such as understanding Bertolt Brecht‘s meaning of historicisation, the concept of dialectics, non-linear…
Below is an original “Disaster Melodrama” play script suitable for classroom use by middle school students. Disaster Melodramas were one of a number of sub-genres of the melodrama form involving natural disasters. These plays were…
These intermediate-level Epic Theatre activities and student exercises cover five broad areas of Bertolt Brecht’s theories: roles and disguise, gestus, scenery, songs and music, and direct address. Each exercise has a recommended time length, totalling…
