Hometask for Saturday, April 20

April 20 is Home Reading.

We are to work with 2 stories!

The FIRST story to read is  K. Amis Interesting Things

Reader-3, pp. 232-241

You are to provide a full interpretation according to our plan!

P.S.: Look through the questions to get some ideas!

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 4

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 4 - For All Time (2004)

What made Shakespeake a poet for all time? 

What new facts (2-3) did you learn about the poet? 

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 3

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 3 - The Duty Of Poets (2004)

Why did Shakespeake become ' the brightest star of the English stage'? 

Why is it called ' the golden age of the English theatre'?

Hometask for Friday, April 19

April 19 is Speech Practice.


1) The following topics are to be written and one is to be learnt by heart (to your choice).

10. Theatre: Classical and Modern Theatre: balancing real life and people’s needs.

The draft outline (just an idea)
Introduction
Theatre, its brief (2-3 sentence history) classical versus modern theatre, things it has to offer
Main body
1. Classical theatre, its key features, classical theatres of the past and the present (examples)
2. Modern theatre, its key features, modern theatres of  the present (examples)
3. Classical theatre versus modern theatre - can they co-exist on one stage (Take Sturua's production of The Tempest as an example)
Conclusion
Classical plays in the  modern theatre - a way to survive? 

12. Theatre: Visiting the Theatre: priorities and preferences.

Describe your experience of Sturua's production of The Tempest.

The draft outline (just an idea)
Introduction
Modern theatre, things it has to offer, the preformance we attended.
Main body
1. The Tempest by William Shakespeare - brief info, gist, key characters
2. Sturua's production - impression, its pluses and minuses
3. In what way did the production DIFFER from the original (3 things) and how did it affect the play? 
Conclusion
Classical plays in the  modern theatre - a blessing or a curse?

Additions are to made to the following topic:

8.  Theatre: Theatre Challenges.  Theatre and other arts, theatre and high tech scenery.

a paragraph to illustrate the way modern theatre meets its challendes (based on Sturua's production of The Tempest)

THE NEW THEATRE topics are to be learned by heart!

2) Rendering: week 9 (in your blogs) (if you have not it yet). 

Don't forget to repost your RENDERINGS!


3) Laboratory work 4

Instead of  Laboratory work 4  we watch Parts 3 and 4 of In Search of Shakespeare and do the tasks in the commentaries to the posts.

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 3 - The Duty Of Poets (2004)

In Search of Shakespeare - Part 4 - For All Time (2004)

THE TEMPEST - FINALE

Thank you for taking part in the discussion!

Alas, some of you failed to participate, which means they are to do other tasks to make up for it!

THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare

Write an interpretation of the play and e-mail it to peddesignbox@gmail.com

1. Lapshina Yulia

2. Leonova Elisaveta

3. Kovalenko Oleg

The deadline is April, 17 (Wednesday)

PROSPERO'S BOOKS

Watch a film and make a film review (as your review 3 or 4, in individual blogs!

1. Lapshina Yulia

2. Leonova Elisaveta

3. Kovalenko Oleg

4. Perepelitsa Yana

5. Lopukhov Andrei

The deadline is April, 18 (Thursday)

THE TEMPEST (theatre performance)

All the group is to complete the last TASK!!!

The deadline is April, 19 (Friday)

Rendering 10 - The Golden Eagle Award

The Golden Eagle Award  is an accolade by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, directors, actors, and writers.

Modelled after the American Golden Globe Awards, the formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in Russia, alongside the Nika Award. The national Russian accolade is given out in 20 categories each January for motion pictures and TV series produced in Russia during the previous year.

The awarding statuette is a silver eagle, originally made from copper with a jade pedestal, and was designed by sculptor Viktor Mitroshin. The design was later altered by the Spanish company Carrera y Carrera. The award was conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 and run by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences in Moscow.

The National Academy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences of Russia (official site)

Render the article "Золотой орел — 2013»: кому досталась главная кинопремия России?" (in English) in your blogs!

Et Cetera's The Tempest

Share your impression of the performance!

In what way is the production different from the original play?
Does it make the play any worse or any better?
Is there any Russian spirituality about the production or is it as British as can be?

Dwell on the things which impressed you most about the performance.