Week 3 - Measure for Measure (2.2) - The Rehearsal Room
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Looking at the Provost, his role as a guide and mediator, and his interactions with Angelo
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Comparing the Provost and Lucio, highlighting how they are foils for each other
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The actors question whether the Provost and Lucio could be played by women
Session released from the Rehearsal Room ARCHIVE - August 2023.
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๐ญ CREATIVE TEAM
- DIRECTOR: Stefan Novinski
- DRAMATURG: Miranda Johnson-Haddad
- ANGELO: J. Paul Nicholas
- ISABELLA: Charlotte Northeast
- PROVOST / LUCIO: Rachel Dilliplane
More about this group:
https://workingactorsjourney.com/workshop/shakespeares-measure-for-measure-august-2023
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๐ฎ THE SCENE
Our group will be working on Act 2, Scene 2 โ Angeloโs first meeting with Isabella, where she comes to plead for her brotherโs life.
Measure for Measure scene from the Folger Shakespeare Library:
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/measure-for-measure/read/2/2
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๐ ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
One of our dramaturgs, Dr. Gideon Rappaport, has written three books on Shakespeare:
- Appreciating Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/3XjY6Pe
- Shakespeareโs Rhetorical Figures: An Outline: https://amzn.to/3KEzyZK
- William Shakespeareโs Hamlet: Edited and Annotated: https://amzn.to/3xdt012
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