Triple - Special Subject Investigation - Blog 5 (Script Direction) - 07/06/16

To further develop my understanding of my research, I put the conventions of Epic Theatre and Theatre of Cruelty into practise by devising a scene from a play. Doing this allows me to think about the way in which I use different techniques like props, costume and interaction with the audience. The play I used is Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. I chose this play as I'm similar with the plot as I'm currently performing this play as part of my Developing Physical Theatre unit in Double. The scene I chose is the apparition of Lucifer. I chose this scene as I felt there were plenty of possibilities to use conventions from each practitioner. Below are both scripts for Artaud and Brecht:

Triple - Special Subject Investigation - Blog 4 (Brecht Research) - 06/06/16

Triple - Special Subject Investigation - Blog 3 (Artaud Research) - 02/06/16

Triple - Special Subject Investigation - Blog 2 (Research Plan) - 01/06/16

Today, I created my research plan for my investigation into the diversity of modern theatre. 

Below, I have highlighted the areas I would like to research:









Below, I have planned when I plan on researching them:

Triple - Special Subject Investigation - Blog 1 (Proposal) - 30/05/16

Today is the day that I make my proposal for our Special Subject investigation. I made a small mindmap in preparation for my proposal. On this mindmap, I included areas which I could base my proposal around such as Practitioners, Playwrights and Theatre Styles.

When deciding, I became very interested in the Practitioners section of my mind map and after consideration of my other ideas, I decided to focus solely on practitioners. I was first going to base my entire unit on Bertolt Brecht alone as I felt very confident with him. He was the first practitioner I had ever covered and I'm very familiar with his techniques and motives. However, I felt that this would restrict what I could write about. Based on this thought, I've decided to include two practitioners in my investigation as I felt that this gives me plenty to write about but not an overload to do as I would have if I involved many practitioners. The second practitioner I decided to go with is Antoine Artaud. This is because we are basing a lot of our work in Single and Double on his conventions and he is one of my favourite practitioners alongside Brecht. Additionally, I am going to see, "People, Places and Things," which is a very Artaudian play. I can use any extra knowledge I gain from this production in my work.

Below is my proposal for my investigation title and my justification: