HSC Drama Topics Volume 3 2nd edition 2010-2012 HSC

The HSC Drama Topics Series is designed to give students an insight into both the topic they are studying and the texts.

Volume3 covers 4 of the topics in the Studies in Drama and Theatre component of the HSC Drama Course:

• Site Specific, Street and Event Theatre
• Approaches to Acting
• Verbatim Theatre
• Black Comedy

Contents includes:

• Introduction
• The HSC Drama Course
• Site Specific, Street and Event Theatre
  • Fire on the Water
  • Eyes on Stalks, Welfare State International
• Approaches to Acting
  • Games for Actors and Non Actors
  • Jacques Le Coq
  • Vsevold Meyerhold
  • The Way of Acting
  • Augusto Boal (supplementary text)
  • Meyerhold: A Revolution in Theatre (supplementary text)
• Verbatim Theatre
  • The Laramie Project
  • Aftershocks
  • Minefields and Miniskirts
  • Parramatta Girls
  • Run Rabbit Run
• Black Comedy
  • The Lieutenant of Inishmore
  • The Homecoming
  • October
  • The Shape of Things

Each of the texts is dealt with separately and includes sections on:

• The playwright
• Plot summary
• Setting
• Character Analysis
• Thematic concerns
• Dramatic Techniques and Language
• Essay with Outline
• HSC Tips