1、Unit 1 Face values Project 新标准新标准英语英语高中选择性必修第三册高中选择性必修第三册 Adapting a book for the stage From the pages of a book, words and imagination come together to bring a story to life, unlimited by space and time. Many a well-loved book has gone on to be adapted for the stage, but how successful can this rea
2、lly be within the physical constraints of a theatre and a defined length of time? Investigate 1 Choose one of these books or any other book that you have enjoyed reading. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Wonder The Elephant Man The Phantom of the Opera 2 After reading, select an excerpt which you feel ef
3、fectively contrasts a persons physical appearance with their personality and inner emotions. Plan 1 Work in groups. Share your chosen excerpt with your group. 2 Discuss the excerpts you have shared and vote for the one that you would like to adapt. 3 Talk about how you might adapt the excerpt into a
4、 short play to be acted out on stage. Consider the following: key action in each part of the story is there anything you will cut from the original? setting will you change the time and / or place in which the story is told? characters will you keep all of these, or will you introduce new ones? narr
5、ative style will you change it, or perhaps introduce a narrator? language will you modernise any old-fashioned language? Create 1 Write your play. 2 Assign roles for the members of your group: director(s) set and costume designers actor(s) / actress(es) 3 Rehearse your play. Present 1 Perform your play to the class. 2 Watch other performances and vote for the best play, best script, best set and costume design, and best actor / actress.
