Assignment:
The Tempest: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival
Watch the video above and write a two-page reflection to explain your viewing experience.
For this assignment, you will view the above video and complete a two-page reflection that addresses the following:
- Identify the performance that you have selected.
- Describe the staging, lighting, costumes, and characters of the performance. How do these match or revise the written version of the play?
- What type of mood and tone does the performance create? How?
- What parts of the play are easier to understand through performance? What are some details that stood out through performance?
- What does the performance suggest about the role of theater in contemporary culture?