Despite the chaos that this video suggests, there were some positive elements to the piece. The use of humour would engage an audience. Also, the removal of the witches confirms that they are needed within the piece and suggest that they are the main manipulators of Macbeth. However, at some points, it was hard to know where to look and what was important. Moreover, we could have used the role of the Facilitator much more than we did in the piece which would have related it to the TIE style better.
Towards the end of Starbuck's lesson, we identified key scenes from the play and were told to act them out using the original Shakespearean language provided. I worked with Bruce on Act 1, Scene 5 where Lady Macbeth calls for spirits to "unsex" her. The scene demonstrates that Lady Macbeth has more control over Macbeth and the murder of the King than Macbeth, thus bringing into question her feminity, Macbeth's masculinity, and the supernatural element within the play. I found that reading Shakespeare was in some respects quite easy, however, I did find that at some points it was hard to get words out and to understand their meaning. This would be something that would need addressing in the final piece, that is, the meaning of what the words are and how that can relate to the major themes of the play.
We were asked to come up with a way of making the scene that we had chosen accessible for our target audience in the style of TIE and what our client had suggested. The use of the Facilitator to pause and explain what's happening could be used as well as translating the words into modern day text. Additionally, the use of key quotes on a powerpoint presentation behind us could work and the ability to make it humourous will engage our TA a lot more than having it be a normal style English lesson.
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