DO NOW

In pairs create a conversation where you need a use

exaggerated movements and gestures explaining everything you
did after you woke up this morning. Once (A) has finished
explaining you can swap over !
OEDIPUS THE KING / Rehearsal 1
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)
SUCCESS CRITERIA
LEVEL 2 – Attempt to use a limited range of Greek theatre skills in
the creation of a piece of scripted theatre

LEVEL 3- Applying an exaggerated acting style in a basic way showing

understanding of your role using language, physical movement and mask.

LEVEL 4- To develop a role with appropriate content. Demonstrating

good characterization in a rehearsal. Perform chorus work in unison
with confidence.
 HISTORY
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

 Theatre was a big deal in Greece and started in

approx 550 BC
 Theatre performances were in honour of an
ancient Greek God – Dionysus
 They had big festivals and theatre competitions
 There were three types – comedy, tragedy and
satire (making fun of leaders)
 Actors used masks and gestures to tell the story
and the chorus (singers) told the story like
narrators
 SOPHOCLES
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)
 Sophocles was one of the most famous Greek
playwrights.

 He regularly won the competitions at the

theatre festivals.

 He wrote a very famous tragedy called ‘King

Oedipus’ or ‘Oedipus Rex.
 OEDIPUS THE KING
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in performa
using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)
 The play we will be studying is Oedipus Rex and it was written by
Sophocles.

 It was written in about 430 B.C. and performed in Athens. It won second
place in the drama competition that year.

 It is the first play in a trilogy

 Oedipus Rex is a tragedy
 People Die

 The main Character has a tragic flaw… often Hubris

 There are plagues in ‘Oedipus Rex’ that are responsible

for the deaths of thousands of the people of Thebes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxG9vCyKSw8
 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ?

Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in

performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

 What are the key events of the story?

 What type of story is it? How do you

know this ?
 What makes a tragedy a tragedy?
 Tragedy means a play where the
protagonist character dies.
 CHARACTERS IN OEDIPUS !

Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in

performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)
 Oedipus – King of Thebes
 Jocasta – Queen of Thebes (Oedipus’ mother)
 Laius – Original King of Thebes (Oedipus’
father)
 Creon – Jocasta’s brother-in-Law
 Teiresias – Blind prophet
 Shepherd – Messenger
 First Messenger
 Second Messenger
 Priest
 A Herdsman
 GROUP READING !
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

In your groups
read your scene
allocated by
your teacher
 GROUPS

Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in

performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

Group 1 – student names

Group 2 – XXXXX
Group 3 - XXXXX
Group 4 – XXXXX
Group 5 - XXXXX
 SCRIPTED AND DEVISED WORK
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text
in performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

For your assessment you will

devise a piece of theatre from the
play Oedipus using the script
given.

Miss Brown tell you what scene to

perform !
 ELEMENTS OF GREEK THEATRE
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

Your performance must include:

 levels
 Characters status in the scene.
 Gestures
 Exaggerated movement
 Facial expression
 Unison / Chorus work
 Freeze Frame
 Narration
 Mask
 RE- CAP OF LEARNING
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)
 The chorus was one of the most important components of the
play.

 They narrated and reflected on the action.

 Without them, the audience would have no background

information, and the play would be more confusing.

 Originally the chorus had twelve members.

 They moved and spoken as one

 They sang, or sometimes said, basic information.

 They were the narrators of the play.

 SELF- ASSESSMENT
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

 What stage of the rehearsal process are you and

your group ?

 Name at least two elements of Greek Theatre you

and your group have applied to your scripted
performance.

 Who is Sophocles ?

 Explain the protagonist role in a tragedy

 HOMEWORK
Learning Objective: To demonstrates a clear interpretation of the text in
performance using elements of Greek theatre (AO2)

Learn your lines for rehearsal

in the next lesson ! Make sure
you bring your script to the
next lesson.

You will need to know your lines off by

heart for your performance!