Are you fond of watching drama? How do you know if you’ve chosen a good

drama? Did you experience re-enacting a role in your favorite

drama? How did you do it?

Lets us try to see the beauty behind the lights and camera as we try to enter a new realm of portraying

characters in the form of DRAMA.

INTRODUCTION

The Cultural Center of the

Philippines (Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas,

or CCP), a government owned and controlled

corporation established to preserve, develop

and promote arts and culture in the Philippines

is holding a search for

amateur performers to present in their Spring

Benefit Gala. The class will be divided

into two groups.

The group are to showcase a theatrical

presentation of one of Shakespeare’s

famous plays.

The first group will be performing

the Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

while the second group will

acting the play

Taming of the Shrew.

1. The class will be divided into two group. They will

be presented with two of Shakespeare’s famous play.

Each group will have to choose one to execute.

2. Click on the link below to have an idea of what a

theatrical/ theater play is:

http://mrwhatis.com/theatre-play.html

Theater has been all over the world. It entertains and gives the audience

the view of how such literature reflects most of the life’s situation.

http://vimeo.com/8981362 (The Foreigner: Stage Play)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqqvXwSVgXg (Miss Saigon)

Shakespeare is the famous playwright who

have written most of the popular plays/drama. Click on the links below to know more about Shakespeare.

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/

This is one of

Shakespeare’s famous

play which revolves on

the two prominent

families (the Montagues

and the Capulets) from

the city of Verona are at

war with one another.

Romeo and Juliet

Click the links below to see more information about the play Romeo and Juliet.

1. http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/romeo_and_j

uliet/summary/romeo_and_juliet_summary.htm

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqhEgJQrsk

3. http://www.shmoop.com/romeo-and-juliet/summary.html

4. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/characters.html

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592.

The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself.

Taming of the Shrew

Click the links below to see more information about the play The Taming of the Shrew.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tam

ing_of_the_Shrew

2. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/taming_shrew/full.html

3. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/characters.html

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j8PrO9LCCI

Performance will be rated using the scoring

rubric. Click on the link below to view the

rubric.

RUBRICS - DRAMA.doc

CREDITS/LINKS USED

1. http://mrwhatis.com/theatre-play.html

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew

3. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/taming_shrew/full.html

4. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/characters.ht

ml

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j8PrO9LCCI

6. http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/romeo_and_juliet/sum

mary/romeo_and_juliet_summary.htm

CREDITS/LINKED USED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vqhEgJQrsk

http://www.shmoop.com/romeo-and-juliet/summary.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/characters.h

tml

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/