Jekyll Teacher Pack - TOP GRUPS

Teacher’s Pack

TEACHERS

2011 Face 2 Face Theatre Company, Madrid, España - [34] (91) 434-0284 - www.teatroeningles.com - [email protected]

The following teacher’s pack offers teachers a wide variety of activities associated with the show, “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. Activities range from games and exercises based on the language in the show to a synopsis of the plot and a comprehensive vocabulary list. Sheets with the smiling child header should be photocopied and distributed to students, whereas the ones marked “teachers” can be used as reference for yourselves.

We strongly recommend preparing students before coming to see the show. A Face 2 Face show in itself may be rewarding but understanding and appreciation are greatly increased as a result of previous preparation and post show activities. The fact that the students have a basic grasp of the plot and the vocabulary facilitates not only their understanding but also the work of the actors thus ensuring an activity beneficial to all those involved.

Face 2 Face would also like to stress the fact that their shows are live theatrical events and therefo-re certain basic conditions should be respected. Please remind students not to leave the auditorium during the show; not to eat or drink; to respect the other students and participants and that the idea of the show is NOT to test their English but to have FUN! All the above conditions are easily met with the presence and co-operation of you, the teacher.

Please come and visit our web site at www.teatroeningles.com where we will be posting extracts of video and photos from the shows we will be doing over the course of the year as well as student’s comments and many more surprises

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Introduction

Word Cloud



Introducing the Topic

Introduction

Bubbling potions can be bad for your health! Just ask Dr. Jekyll. By day, he’s a kind doctor. But by night, he’s the evil Mr. Hyde. And all because of a magic formula. Will anybody find out the horrible secret of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Our version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel is set in New York City in 1947. Apart from the themes of mystery and horror explored in the original we also touch upon topics of this particular time period, such as Jazz music and detective films.

Word Cloud

Give your students a copy of the word cloud from the previous page. In pairs, ask them to look at the word cloud and guess what theme links these words. Take feedback from the students as an open class discussion. What do they think topic is? Why?

Topic Brainstorm

If they haven’t already guessed, tell your students that the topic is about the legend of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde. As an open group session, ask your students to tell you what they already know about the legend and write the information on a spider-gram on the white board.

The Jekyll and Hyde Legend

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novel written by the Scottish au-thor Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. There have been dozens of stage and film adaptations of the novella; over 123 film versions alone, not including stage and radio versions. Ask your students if any of them know the story. In groups of 4, those who do know the story must tell the rest of their group about it. Make sure that there is someone who knows the story in every group, and if necessary move students to achieve this.

After a few minutes, hold an open class feedback session. What is the story about?

Staging a theatre show

Finally, tell your students that they will be going to see a theatre production of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In pairs, ask them to imagine that they are theatre directors. How would they stage the story? What problems might they encounter? Which theatre would they use and what would their set and costu-mes be like? Who would they cast in the lead roles? Would their production be a tragedy, a comedy, a romance or a mixture all three?

Each pair must take notes and prepare a short presentation for the rest of the class, telling them about their production of Jekyll and Hyde.

short Plot synopsis


Dr Jekyll is experimenting on a formula that gets rid of fear. If you drink this formula

you won’t be scared of anything. His lab assistant, Jessica Jensen helps him with his

experiments. One night Dr Jekyll drinks his own formula but it has a strange effect

on him. He turns into Mr Hyde and goes to a nightclub called The Pink Flamingo and

murders a woman. A detective arrives at his laboratory the following day asking ques-

tions. Dr Jekyll doesn’t remember anything. The detective continues his investigation

at The Pink Flamingo. There he discovers Jessica who works there at night as a jazz

singer. While the detective interrogates her Mr Hyde appears and sends the detective

after Dr Jekyll. He then tries to seduce Jessica. Does he succeed? Or does Jessica

realize that Hyde and Jekyll are the same person? And does the detective find out

who the murderer is?

Reading Race

This is an interesting way to familiarise your students with our version of the story, and is a dynamic activity for all age groups.

Photocopy the synopsis above and pin in to the wall of your classroom. Divide students into teams of 3. Explain that one student is the runner and the other two are the secretaries. The runner must go to the board and read the text. S/he then returns to the secretaries and dictates as much of the text as s/he can remember: this may a sentence, a few words or even individual words if the stu-dents find them difficult. The secretaries write it down. One of the secretaries then becomes the next runner and returns to the board, so that all three team members take turns to be the runner. The game continues until the teams have written down the whole of the text (all three team members must have a completed copy). The first team to finish put their hands up are declared the winners and the game stops. The winning team then begin to read their completed synopsis aloud, one sen-tence at a time. The other teams check it with their versions and you check it with the original, co-rrecting any mistakes. During the correcting session ask for contributions from the other teams, too.

detailed Plot synopsis

Scene 1: The Murder

The year is 1947. The age of Jazz. Dr. Jekyll is in his laboratory with his experiments. He makes his formula, drinks it and turns into Mr. Hyde. Hyde goes out and meets some people in the street before he goes to the Jazz club. In the Jazz club he plays the saxophone, dances, and upsets the singer. The singer leaves the club and Mr. Hyde follows her. He chases her into an ally and kills her. Detective Sam Diamond arrives at the crime scene and collects clues..

Scene 2: The Lab

The next morning Jessica Jensen (the Doctor’s assistant) opens up the lab and cleans the mess the Doctor left the previous night. She talks about her love for the Doctor. The Doctor arrives and they begin work on his experiments. They discover that his formula works. The detective goes to the lab to ask the Doctor and Jessica some questions about the murder that happened the night before in the alley next to the jazz club. The Doctor discovers that the Detective has a clue that the murderer was in the Jazz club. The Doctor decides to go to the Jazz club to recover his bag before the Detective finds it.

Scene 3: The Rat Cage

Two Rats discover the joys of the Doctors formula.

Scene 4: The Jazz Club

Jessica enters the club to get ready for her show. Soon after, the Doctor shows up to look for his bag. Jessica, as her alter ego Anita Goodman, sings a song. The Doctor watches her and falls in love with her. She is upset with him and tells him that she wants to quit her job at the lab. The bar-tender at the club tells the Doctor not to bother her anymore. The Doctor decides that he will drink his formula to impress Jessica. Jessica begins to sing another song and Mr. Hyde interrupts her to sing his own song. The Detective shows up and accuses Jessica of the murder. The Doctor tries to tell the Detective that she’s innocent but the Detective doesn’t believe him. The Detective arrests Jessica and the Doctor follows them.

Scene 5: The Chase

The Doctor chases after Jessica and the Detective. He catches up with them and saves Jessica from the Detective.

Scene 6: The Final Showdown

Jessica and the Doctor go to the lab to destroy the formula and all his notes. The Detective comes in to arrest Jessica again but is stopped by the Doctor. Will the Doctor and Jessica find true love? Or will the detective realize who the murderer is?


comprehension questions

1. Where does the story take place?

2. Who is Jessica?

3. Who is Jessica in love with?

4. When does the story take place?

5. Who plays the saxophone?

6. What clues does the detective find?

7. Does the detective arrest the right person?

8. What does Dr. Jekyll’s formula do?

9. Is Mr. Hyde a good person? Why?

10. Does Dr. Jekyll like Mr. Hyde? Why?


Vocabulary

experiment

formula

scientist

jazz singer

detective

nightclub

laboratory

rats

hamsters

test tube

jazz

1940s

murder

alley

love

hate

fear


Characters

Dr Jekyll Sam Diamond Mr Hyde Jessica Jensen

Anita Goodman

Join each picture up to the correct name.


Characters

Dr Henry Jekyll is the hero of our story. He is a kind doctor who is experimen-ting on a new formula that gets rid of fear. The experiments go wrong when he takes the formula himself and trans-forms into Mr Hyde. He has a labora-tory assistant called Jessica Jensen.

Detective Sam Diamond is in-vestigating the murder of a jazz singer, Rita Hairywart. He finds three clues at the scene of the cri-me which lead him to Dr. Jekyll’s laboratory and the jazz club, The Pink Flamingo.

Anita Goodman is a jazz singer who works at the jazz club, The Pink Flamingo. Her real name is Jessica Jensen and by day she is a lab assistant. She is in love with Dr. Jekyll but when Mr Hyde appears on the scene she is very attracted to him.

Jessica Jensen is Dr Jekyll’s lab assistant. She has been working there for 5 years. She is in love with Dr Jekyll but she doesn’t have the courage to tell him. She also hides the fact that she works at the Pink Flamingo as a jazz singer.

Mr Hyde is Dr Jekyll’s alter-ego. He likes the night life, jazz and playing the saxo-phone. He is very dangerous


Characters: adjectives

Cool intelligent stupid violent shy dead

sensual clumsy dreamy sweet confident fun

angry beautiful intellectual

These are words that will be used to describe the characters and events in the story. Help your class to learn these describing words with some simple games!

Simon Says

Stand at the front of the class and call out a word from the list, preceded by ‘Simon says...’. The class must follow the command; for example, if you say ‘Simon says happy’ the students must all smile! You can help younger students by miming the word with them. Continue the game in this way for a few words, then include a command without saying ‘Simon says...’, for example just calling out ‘happy!’ In this case the students should not mime anything, rather they should stay still. The game can be made competitive by eliminating any students who accidentally mime the word... the last student left is the winner!

Charades

Now write the words on small pieces of paper and drop them into a hat. Ask for a volunteer to come to the front of the class and take a word from the hat. She/he must read what is written on the paper and, without showing it to anybody, mime the word. The first person to guess the word correctly is the next to mime!


Characters: adjectives

Dr. Jekyll

Rita Hairywort

Jessica Jensen

Mr. Hyde

Sam Diamond

cool

intelligent

stupid

violent

shy

dead

sensual

clumsy

dreamy

sweet

confident

fun

angry

beautiful

intellectual

Match the adjectives on the right with the characters on the left.


Jazz musicWhat is Jazz?Jazz is a kind of music in which improvisation is typically an important part. In most jazz performan-ces, players play solos which they make up on the spot, which requires considerable skill.

There is tremendous variety in jazz, but most jazz is very rhythmic, has a forward momentum called “swing,” and uses “bent” or “blue” notes. You can often hear “call--and--response” patterns in jazz, in which one instrument, voice, or part of the band answers another.

Jazz can express many different emotions, from pain to sheer joy. In jazz, you may hear the sounds of freedom-for the music has been a powerful voice for people suffering unfair treatment because of the color of the skin, or because they lived in a country run by a cruel dictator.

The Nature of JazzJazz musicians place a high value on finding their own sound and style, and that means, for example, that trumpeter Miles Davis sounds very different than trumpeter Louis Armstrong . Jazz musicians like to put play their songs in their own distinct styles, and so you might listen to a dozen different jazz recordings of the same song, but each will sound different. The musicians’ playing styles make each version different, and so do the improvised solos. Jazz is about making something familiar--a familiar song--into something fresh. And about making something shared--a tune that everyone knows--into something personal.

Those are just some of the reasons that jazz is a great art form, and why some people consider it “America’s classical music.”

The Growth of JazzJazz developed in the United States in the very early part of the 20th century. New Orleans, near the mouth of the Mississippi River, played a key role in this development. The city’s population was more diverse than anywhere else in the South, and people of African, French, Caribbean, Italian, German, Mexican, and American Indian, as well as English, descent interacted with one another. African-American musical traditions mixed with others and gradually jazz emerged from a blend of ragtime, marches, ragtime, blues, and other kinds of music. At first jazz was mostly for dancing. (In later years, people would sit and listen to it.)

After the first recordings of jazz were made in 1917, the music spread widely and developed rapidly. The evolution of jazz was led by a series of brilliant musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Elling-ton , Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis. Jazz developed a series of different styles including traditional jazz, swing bebop, cool jazz, and jazz-rock, among others.

At the same time, jazz spread from the United States to many parts of the world, and today jazz musicians--and jazz festivals--can be found in dozens of nations. Jazz is one of the United States’s greatest exports to the world.

True or False?

1. Jazz is a difficult form of music to play.2. Jazz is not a very expressive music.3. Each jazz musician has his own personal style.4. Jazz music was born in New York5. From the beginning Jazz music was mostly for listening sitting down at home.6. Jazz is popular all over the world


the authorRobert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Stevenson has written some of the most popular works of literature to appear in the last two centuries. Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous books are Treasure Island and Kid-napped, two of the most famous and best written adventure books to ever appear. However, the life of Robert Louis Stevenson is just about as interesting as any of his books, though there aren’t any terrifying encounters with pirates in his life story.

Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the son of Thomas Stevenson and Margaret Isabella Balfour. He was born a sickly infant, and was sickly throughout his entire life.

In November 1867, at the age of seventeen, Robert Louis Stevenson started studying at Edin-burgh University. However, he didn’t really study all that much, and instead just practiced writing. He copied the style of very famous writers, including , Daniel Defoe (the author of Robinson Cru-soe),

Stevenson discovered a love for travel, and his journeys became fodder for his stories. He took a trip across America and almost died as he was pursuing an American woman with whom he had fallen in love. He turned his trip into “The Story of a Lie” and “The Amateur Emigrant.” Eventua-lly Stevenson and Fanny Osbourne were married, in 1880, after she received a divorce from her husband. Unfortunately, Robert Louis Stevenson’s health became increasingly worse, and from 1880 to 1887, he suffered from hemorrhaging lungs. However, during this time, he wrote his most famous books: Treasure Island, written in 1883; Kidnapped, written in 1886; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written in 1886, and The Black Arrow, written in 1888.

Throughout his life, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote an incredible number of books. He traveled often, and eventually went to the South Pacific, where he lived on various islands, including Hawaii and Samoa. He grew increasingly sick, and also increasingly homesick for Scotland, because even though he loved Samoa, he missed Scotland. He eventually died in Samoa after having writ-ten much about it, and was buried there. Robert Louis Stevenson died on December 3, 1894, of a stroke. His death was a blow to the entire literary world, and it was felt keenly, since Stevenson had become a legend both for his literature and for his love of adventure.

Questions

1. What are Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous novels?2. What was Stevenson’s nationality?3. What was his wife’s name?4. Where did he meet his wife?5. How old was he when he died?6. Why was Stevenson’s life as interesting as his books?


Dialogues


Dr. J: We have no time to waste. I had an idea last night. a breakthrough. This formula of mine will change humanity. Imagine a world without fear. Imagine going through your life not being afraid of the things you want to do.

Jessica: How does that work?

Dr. Jekyll: Well. What makes people not do the things they want to do?

Jessica: The police?

Dr. J. No silly, fears. Fears stop people doing what they want to do. For example what are you afraid of ?

Jessica: Dogs.

Dr. J.: OK. Well. Imagine there is a big, rabid pit bull in front of you. How do you feel?

Jessica: Scared.

Dr J: Yes, now, take the formula. You take a sip and all your fear go away! You love dogs!

Jessica: This is wonderful but how does this help humanity?

Dr. J: Well, Imagine you are afraid of speaking in public. If you take this formula you can be come a politician...the president and change the world. Or imagine you are afraid of people from other countries. I wonder if you can. Nothing to kill or die for. A brother hood of man. Imagine a world without wars. There would be world peace.

Jessica: Wow! That is so brilliant, doctor! So, does it work?

Dr. J.: Yes! I think...That is I can’t remember!

Listen to the dialogue. Now cut up the dialogue into strips, listen to the dialogue again and put the strips into the correct order.

Extract 1

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Dialogues

Sam: The Detective Sam Diamond strolled into the room. It had been a long hard night of investigation but it was almost over. He scanned the room looking for people to question.

Wow!

Hello, My name is Sam Diamond. And you are?

Jessica: Jessica Jensen

Sam: WOW! What a dame. She had legs all the way to her eyeballs. Looking into her eyes was like looking into the eyes of a tiger before attack! (Roar)

He approaches Dr. J. And shakes his hand.

Sam: So! My name’s Sam Diamond. And you are?

Dr Jekyll: Dr Jekyll

Sam: Mmm. What a pathetic little man. Shaking his hand was like shaking the hand of a wet fish. Well, that’s if fish had hands... which obviously...

Jessica : How can we help you?

Sam: I am here investigating a murder.

Jessica: Oh my god! How terrible!

Sam: Yes. The singer Rita Hairywort was found in the alley... murdered... last night I’m here to ask a few questions, if you don’t mind.

Dr. J.: Of course not. Now if you would just begin by...

Sam: Sam Diamond had found plenty of clues at the scene of the crime like this test tube. He could see that these folks were hard nuts to crack so he decided to use small talk.

Extract 2

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Songs

WHAT I WANT

What I wantIs a real manWhat I needIs a man like youWho are you?I dont want to meet a liarBecareful with what you sayWe can start to play!You’ll be my loverI’ll make you shutterCome on and danceThis is your last chanceIf you are:StrongNo wrongIf you are hot!Like a shot!Maybe you’ll be my man!What I wantIs a real manWhat I need, is a man like you!

WHOSE THAT MAN / I’M YOUR MAN

There’s a manThere is a curious manWho is this man?And what is he looking for?What are his fears?What lies behind those tears?The difference between good or badWill drive him mad....

ENTER HYDE WITH SAXOPHONE

I walked in the club about quarter to fiveThe band starter playingAnd the place came aliveI picked up my sax and iI played a hot tuneThe girls started screaming and I lit up the roomI’m your man, the only man women can loveI’m your man, strong, hot, charming and cool, cool, cool.

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SongsMR. HYDE

At first I was afraid. I was petrifiedKept thinking I‘d never have the doctor here by my sideUntil that lonely nightWhen the formula went wrongHyde grew strongAnd I learned to carry on

I found a clue. Knew what to doI put two and two together and it all led up to youI don’t know why you would accuse meWhen it was clear all alongIf you’d known for just one secondMr. Hyde was doing wrong.

Oh no no no, what have I done?I have gone and lost my perfect love, my true and only oneI don’t know what you saw in himWhen he was playing two sidesI thought that I loved him but how could I decide?

Mr. HydeI’m Mr. Hyde!I’m the man you’ve been looking forNo one could give you moreHow could this true? Is this the man I knew?

Mr. Hyde!Oh Mr. Hyde

MUSICAL BREAK

Oh, Mr. Hyde!Oh Mr. Hyde!I’m the man you,ve been looking forNo one could give you moreHow could this true? Is this the man I knew?Mr. Hyde!Oh Mr. HydeMr. Hyde!!Oh Mr. Hyde!What I want is a real man,The doctor by my sideDon’t know how I failed? I should have thrown them into jail.

Not Mr HydeNot Mr HydePoor Mr HydeMr. Hyde

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after show activities

“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

A short summary of the novel

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a classic horror story. Dr Jekyll is a kindly old doctor, with two very old friends, Utterson and Lanyon. Mr Hyde is a smaller, younger man, with a capacity for evil that seems to emanate from him and repels everyone he meets. But there are links between them. Hyde gives the family of a child he has beaten a cheque signed by Jekyll. Hyde has a key to the back entran-ce to Jekyll’s house, and Hyde can come and go at will and give orders to Jekyll’s servants. Most disturbing of all for Mr Utterson, Dr Jekyll’s lawyer, is the doctor’s will, which leaves all the doctor’s money to Hyde should the doctor disappear for three months or die. Clearly, Hyde has some power over the doctor, and the lawyer fears he may murder him for his money. Gradually, Hyde’s acts of cruelty get worse, culminating in the murder of a famous man. Finally, we learn the truth about the two men. They are one and the same. Jekyll has been conducting experiments to release the evil man inside his good self, but the experiments get out of control. Mr Hyde emerges at will and it takes stronger doses of chemicals to return to the form of Jekyll. Jekyll runs out of chemicals and Hyde emerges forever, only to kill himself before he can be captured.

What similarities and differences are there between Face 2 Face Theatre Co.’s version and the original?

Discussion topics

What does the term “Jekyll and Hyde” refer to?

What is the meaning of “good” and “evil”? Does everyone have good and evil within them?

Have you ever wished you could be somebody other than yourself? How do both Dr. Jekyll and Jessica transform themselves during the play? How are they different?



1. What are the four clues that Detective Sam Diamond finds on the scene of the

crime?

2. What is the name of the woman who is murdered?

3. What are some of the animals that the doctor experiments on?

4. Who does Jessica prefer, Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?

5. What instrument does Mr. Hyde play?

6. At the end, what happens to the formula?

Comprehension questions



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