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1. Watch Hamlet by The Wooster Group, a great example of both Postmodern Theatre and Ensemble Devising.
Kanopy Instructions: Log into Kanopy through UNH library using the link above, and then search for Hamlet Wooster Group
It may be useful to you to look at Shakespeare’s original Hamlet script here, and/or any summaries of the story or investigations of Shakespeare’s language that you like (try youtube or Shakespeare’s Birthplace).
The NY Times wrote in it’s review of this production in 2007 “This downtown troupes sometimes ravishing, often numbing homage to a fabled theatrical event turns Burtons performance as the Prince of Denmark into a tantalizing on-screen disappearing act…This Hamlet, which places mimetic live performances before the grainy, wall-filling screen version, is much more than an overextended visual pun. As the actors, including the inexhaustible Scott Shepherd in the title role, try to give flesh to the fading phantoms behind them, the production becomes an aching tribute to the ephemerality of greatness in theater.”
2. Write a brief 1-2 paragraph response here by answering the questions below.
Some possible questions to help guide your response:
- What did you find interesting, thought-provoking, and/or surprising?
- Was there anything about the production that felt particularly relevant and/or resonated with you?
- What were the highlights for you?
- What performances were particularly effective for you? Get specific.
- What production choices (set, lights, video, costumes, props, staging, etc) did you find particularly successful? Get specific.
- What elements of the story did you find compelling? Confusing? Get specific.
- What do you think the Wooster Group wanted you to feel during the play, come away thinking about? Get specific.
- How did watching the production deepen your understanding of Postmodernism (look at the Postmodernism lecture)?
- What did you learn about how theatre artists use storytelling to respond to our contemporary society/reality?
- What other questions did you have or observations did you make?
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