We started off by establishing the timeline of theatre with rough notes on each period and more notes on Victorian as this was focus point of the lesson. Below are all my notes on Victorian Theatre along with my timeline from the lesson:
Victorian Theatre - 1837-1901
Most West End theatres were built in this time.
Key Playwrights: Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, J.B. Priestly
Variety shows were very popular featuring magicians, acrobats etc.
Music Halls were where these variety shows were performed but their popularity fell after the first World War due to the rise of cinema.
Victorian Theatre was very melodramatic.
After this we were spilt into 2 groups, (Charlie, Ollie K, Rob and Hope/Kat, Ollie M, James, Lorna and Me), and asked to prepare a scene from An Inspector Calls for next lesson. My group were given the opening scene from the play which involves Gerald proposing to Arthur Birling's daughter, Sheila, followed by the two men exchanging in business afterwards.
So far, we'd only read through the scene once and blocked out where our characters would sit/stand based on their relationships. Next lesson, we will finish preparing our piece and possibly perform it.
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