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VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

Guided Pathways: Supporting Independent and Directional

Teaching and Learning

We have created a series of Guided Pathways that can be used to frame lesson planning and directional teaching in your virtual classroom environment.

In this guide, the following titles are explored: • The Crucible • A Doll’s House • Romeo and Juliet • Much Ado About Nothing • All My Sons

• Into the Woods • A Streetcar Named Desire • Death of a Salesman • Things I Know To Be True • Macbeth

Each pathway ensures that you and your students will have direct access to a selection of resources providing an in-depth insight into the studied text as well as language, context, critical analysis, themes, interpretive choices, creative processes, and performance practice.

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INTRODUCTION Our Guided Pathways are much like a map which plots a direct route to a destination whilst offering you a range of alternative directions. If the final destination for your students is to feel secure and confident in their knowledge of a particular text, then our Guided Pathways offer both a direct route and the opportunity to go off-road. However, regardless of the route taken, our Digital Theatre+ Pathways will give direct access to essential content that will support teaching and learning of English Literature/ELA and Drama. Our starting point in most instances is an immersion in the central story within a play text as we feel that this is the best root from which to grow all other knowledge. A deep knowledge of the story of a play enables the student to branch off into other vital elements such as character, context, language, and theme, all of which are surfaced throughout each of our pathways.

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NAVIGATION

To help you navigate this guide, we have annotated this screenshot of a production page to show you how to find the resources mentioned:

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THE CRUCIBLE

The Crucible – The Old Vic © Johan Persson STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Digital Theatre production of The Crucible. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select the Study Guide and read the sections entitled introduction to the story, characters and relationship map. STEP 3: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 1. STEP 4: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Acting: Yaël Farber. STEP 5: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 2. STEP 6: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Acting: Richard Armitage (John Proctor) and On Acting: Anna Madeley (Elizabeth Proctor). STEP 7: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 3.

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STEP 8: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Acting: Natalie Gavin (Mary Warren). STEP 9: Go back to the Study Guide and read the sections on language and context. STEP 10: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Acting: Adrian Schiller (Reverend John Hale) and On Acting: Jack Ellis (Deputy Governor Danforth). STEP 11: Go back to the Study Guide and read the section on themes. STEP 12: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 4.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE

A Doll’s House – Young Vic © Johan Persson/Arenapal STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Digital Theatre production of A Doll’s House. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select the Study Guide and read the sections entitled playwright, introduction to the story and characters. STEP 3: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Directing: Carrie Cracknell. STEP 4: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 1. STEP 5: Go back to the Study Guide and read about the themes of the play. STEP 6: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Acting: Hattie Morahan (Nora Helmer).

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STEP 7: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 2. STEP 8: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Acting: Dominic Rowan (Torvald Helmer). STEP 9: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 3. STEP 10: Using the gallery underneath the Digital Theatre production, discuss inter-character relationships and interpretive choices.

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ROMEO AND JULIET

Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare’s Globe © John Hayes STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Shakespeare’s Globe production of Romeo and Juliet. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Themes in Romeo and Juliet: Carol Chillington Rutter. STEP 3: Go back to the Shakespeare’s Globe production and watch Act 1. STEP 4: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch Playing Juliet: Ellie Hendrick and Playing Romeo: Daniel Boyd. STEP 5: Go back to the Shakespeare’s Globe production and watch Act 2. STEP 6: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select essay and begin working through the Historical Context Workbook.

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STEP 7: Go back to the Shakespeare’s Globe production and watch Act 3. STEP 8: Go back and continue working through the Historical Context Workbook. STEP 9: Go back to the Shakespeare’s Globe production and watch Act 4. STEP 10: Go back and continue working through the Historical Context Workbook. STEP 11: Go back to the Shakespeare’s Globe production and watch Act 5.

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Much Ado About Nothing – Sonia Friedman Productions © Johan Persson/Arenapal STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Digital Theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select the Study Guide and read the section on language. STEP 3: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 1. STEP 4: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Much Ado About Nothing: Carol Chillington Rutter. STEP 5: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 2. STEP 6: Go back to the Study Guide and read the section on context. STEP 7: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 3.

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STEP 8: Enter the play title into the search bar, select and watch Shakespeare in Italy: Land of Love. STEP 9: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 4. STEP 10: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, begin working through the Practical Workshop Guide. STEP 11: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 5. STEP 12: Go to back to the Study Guide and use the keywords and questions to stimulate discussion.

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ALL MY SONS

All My Sons – Stanhope Productions © Nobby Clarke STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Digital Theatre production of All My Sons. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select biography and read Arthur Miller – at a glance. STEP 3: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select the Study Guide and read the introduction to the story. STEP 4: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 1. STEP 5: Go back to the Study Guide and read the section on characters. STEP 6: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 2. STEP 7: Go back to the Study Guide and read the section on close text analysis. STEP 8: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 3.

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INTO THE WOODS

Into the Woods – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre © Catherine Ashmore STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Digital Theatre production of Into the Woods. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select the Study Guide and read the sections entitled the Sondheim songbook and context. STEP 3: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 1. STEP 4: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select On Directing: Timothy Sheader and watch the interview. STEP 5: Go back to the Study Guide and read the section on music that covers composition, lyrics and the book. STEP 6: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 2.

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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Practical Workshop Guide | A Streetcar Named Desire – Digital Theatre+ STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar, select and read the Concise Introduction to Tennessee Williams. STEP 2: Go back to the search results and select A Streetcar Named Desire: Chelsea Walker on Directing, and watch her talk about the play. STEP 3: Scroll down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, work through session one of the Practical Workshop Guide. STEP 4: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch A Streetcar Named Desire: Kelly Gough on Playing Blanche. STEP 5: Go back to the Practical Workshop Guide and work through session two. STEP 6: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch A Streetcar Named Desire: Patrick Knowles on Playing Stanley.

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STEP 7: Go back to the Practical Workshop Guide and work through session three. STEP 8: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch A Streetcar Named Desire: Amber James on Playing Stella. STEP 9: Go back to the Practical Workshop Guide and work through session four. STEP 10: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch A Streetcar Named Desire: Dexter Flanders on Playing Mitch.

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN

Death of a Salesman © Broadway Digital Archive STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Broadway Digital Archive production of Death of a Salesman. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select concise introduction and read the Concise Introduction to Arthur Miller. STEP 3: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select documentary and watch the Arthur Miller BBC Documentary. STEP 4: Go back to the Broadway Digital Archive production and watch Act 1. STEP 5: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select the Study Guide and read the section on characters and look at the relationship map. STEP 6: Go back to the Broadway Digital Archive production and watch Act 2.

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STEP 7: Go back to the Study Guide and read the sections on language and context. STEP 8: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select director notebooks and work through the Director’s Notebook.

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THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE

Things I Know To Be True – Frantic Assembly © Manuel Harlan STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Digital Theatre production of Things I Know To Be True. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select and read Exploring Physical Theatre. STEP 3: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch An Introduction to Physical Theatre with Scott Graham. STEP 4: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 1. STEP 5: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select guide and go through the Comprehensive Guide to the production. STEP 6: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch the Interview with Scott Graham.

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STEP 7: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select workshop and watch the Frantic Assembly Warm Up. STEP 8: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch An Interview with Kirsty Oswald and An Interview with Matthew Barker. STEP 9: Continue to work through the Comprehensive Guide to the production. STEP 10: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch and watch An Interview with Imogen Stubbs and Ewan Stewart. STEP 11: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 2.

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MACBETH

Macbeth – Liverpool Everyman Theatre © Helen Warner STEP 1: Enter the play title into the search bar and select the Digital Theatre production of Macbeth. STEP 2: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism, select the Study Guide and read the sections entitled introduction to the story, relationship map and characters. STEP 3: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 1. STEP 4: Scroll back down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch On Directing: Gemma Bodinetz and On Design: Francis O’Connor. STEP 5: Go back to the Study Guide to find out more about the language and context of the play. STEP 6: Scroll down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners, select interview and watch Key Analysis: David Morrissey (Macbeth) and Key Analysis: Julia Ford on Lady Macbeth.

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STEP 7: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 2 & 3. STEP 8: Scroll down to related resources and click on Practice & Practitioners and select the Shakespeare in your Space: Macbeth Practical Guide (we also have a filmed version you can watch here). STEP 9: Go back to the Digital Theatre production and watch Act 4 & 5. STEP 10: Scroll down to related resources and click on Theory & Criticism and access keywords and questions in the Study Guide to stimulate discussion.