RESEARCH IS REQUIRED. STUDENTS MUST INDICATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE READING ASSIGNMENT IN THE TEXTBOOK AND OTHER APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.
Students must include in text citations and a list of references according to MLA or APA style format. Students are required to use research to support claims and statements to give credibility to them letting me know what you have learned from the textbook readings and other credible resources applying critical thinking to the issues. You are hired to direct the following play modernizing it and making it more relevant to today’s audience:
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. hink about the following changes for today’s audience:
Technology & Devices?
Contemporary props?
Contemporary settings?
Details! Details! Details!
Address the following issues in essay format creating a new paragraph for each answer:
–What style of theatre would best suit your product: proscenium, thrust, or arena. Why?
–Name a simple theme for this production, such as “evil must be conquered,” “vengeance is worth it” or something that reflects today’s culture.
–Choose a symbol for the modernized version that will be the central symbol for your production. Why this symbol?
–How will you change the set, costumes, props and language to make it more contemporary and relevant to today’s audience? Explain in detail describing two changes for each category. For example, does Hamlet text his mother or order a new sword on Amazon Prime?
–Name your dream cast for the major roles. Why did you choose this cast?
The budget is unlimited!
