dance scene
in the play a selected few of us have to dance and to fit the time the play is set in we do the Charleston
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Love's Labour's Lost Synopsis
Plot Summary
The King of Navarre, and his three friends, Berowne, Longaville and Dumaine, all swear themselves to three years of study, abstaining from all distractions, particularly of the female kind, with only Armado, and Costard to entertain them. They are confounded, on signing the vow, when Berowne remembers that the Princess of France and her three ladies, Rosaline, Maria, and Katharine, attended by Boyet, are on an embassy to Navarre’s court.
Armado, has decided to arrest Costard for being in the company of a woman—the woman being Jaquenetta, who Armado himself is in love with. The ladies arrive, and the King and his lords fall in love with them. Armado frees Costard on condition he delivers a note to Jaquenetta; Berowne charges Costard with a letter to Rosaline; and the two letters get mixed up.
The four lords enter one by one and despair about their love for their particular woman, and one by one are overheard by the others. They decide to tear the oath up, and woo the ladies. They disguise themselves as Russians, but Boyet tells the ladies beforehand, and the ladies change identities with each other. The lords enter, and woo the wrong women. They leave, and on their return are mocked by the ladies.
Armado, has decided to arrest Costard for being in the company of a woman—the woman being Jaquenetta, who Armado himself is in love with. The ladies arrive, and the King and his lords fall in love with them. Armado frees Costard on condition he delivers a note to Jaquenetta; Berowne charges Costard with a letter to Rosaline; and the two letters get mixed up.
The four lords enter one by one and despair about their love for their particular woman, and one by one are overheard by the others. They decide to tear the oath up, and woo the ladies. They disguise themselves as Russians, but Boyet tells the ladies beforehand, and the ladies change identities with each other. The lords enter, and woo the wrong women. They leave, and on their return are mocked by the ladies.
Armado then approaches the schoolmaster Holofernes and curate Nathaniel to join with him, Costard, and the page, Mote, to present the Nine Worthies as entertainment to the nobles. This provides them with many opportunities for comment and laughter. The mood changes when Marcade brings news that the Princess’s father has died. As the ladies prepare to leave, the lords affirm that all their expressions of love were genuine, but the Princess claims that everything was in jest. The ladies tell the lords that, if they are serious, they must carry out certain tasks for a year, and then return to offer marriage. The lords agree. Armado then presents the learned men in a dialogue between the owl and the cuckoo, representing winter and spring, by way of conclusion.
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taken from https://www.playshakespeare.com/loves-labours-lost/synopsis
week 3
people who would watch the theatre was just about everyone in London society – generally more men than women, but all sorts of people, servants and apprentices spending all their spare time there. But wealthier people were in the audience too and Even royalty loved watching a play at the globe. Most of the poorer audience members, referred to as groundlings, would pay one penny (which was almost an entire day's wage) to stand in front of the stage, while the richer patrons would sit in the covered galleries, paying as much as half a crown each for their seats. Shakespeare's audience was far more boisterous than are patrons of the theatre today. They were loud and hot-tempered and as interested in the happenings off stage as on. One of Shakespeare's contemporaries noted that "you will see such heaving and shoving, such itching and shouldering to sit by the women.
What was London like in Elizabethan times and who were the people attending the theatre?
people who would watch the theatre was just about everyone in London society – generally more men than women, but all sorts of people, servants and apprentices spending all their spare time there. But wealthier people were in the audience too and Even royalty loved watching a play at the globe. Most of the poorer audience members, referred to as groundlings, would pay one penny (which was almost an entire day's wage) to stand in front of the stage, while the richer patrons would sit in the covered galleries, paying as much as half a crown each for their seats. Shakespeare's audience was far more boisterous than are patrons of the theatre today. They were loud and hot-tempered and as interested in the happenings off stage as on. One of Shakespeare's contemporaries noted that "you will see such heaving and shoving, such itching and shouldering to sit by the women.
evaluation of performance
overall I thought the first performance went really well, there were no major mistakes and the play ran smoothly, the first audience seemed to find are piece really funny which was really good because I felt like that all gave us more confidence to project and to put 100% commitment into what we were doing which meant it gained more laughs which made the piece more effective as it was meant to be an comedy. whilst we was waiting to perform are show for the second time our teacher gave us some points which we could improve on to make the performance better which were general notes really for example i got told to project my voice more in my second scene and etc. going into our second performance i think we all was less nervous than the first time as everything went well so I felt like everyone was more confident in the lines, the only thing was the second audience didn't seem to laugh at any of the jokes or funny scenes which could've took off guard or made us a little more nervous but we carried on with out any mistakes and took on the notes we got given and performed well, obviously i feel there are some more things I need to work on in order to improve for are Brighton performance and finally our Stratford performance.
overall I thought the first performance went really well, there were no major mistakes and the play ran smoothly, the first audience seemed to find are piece really funny which was really good because I felt like that all gave us more confidence to project and to put 100% commitment into what we were doing which meant it gained more laughs which made the piece more effective as it was meant to be an comedy. whilst we was waiting to perform are show for the second time our teacher gave us some points which we could improve on to make the performance better which were general notes really for example i got told to project my voice more in my second scene and etc. going into our second performance i think we all was less nervous than the first time as everything went well so I felt like everyone was more confident in the lines, the only thing was the second audience didn't seem to laugh at any of the jokes or funny scenes which could've took off guard or made us a little more nervous but we carried on with out any mistakes and took on the notes we got given and performed well, obviously i feel there are some more things I need to work on in order to improve for are Brighton performance and finally our Stratford performance.
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