Students really enjoyed the activity, which enabled them to take the play ‘off the page’ and into a performance space, and to consider how the characters would show their feelings and attitudes through body language and movement as well as words. Not only is this something which makes studying a play more enjoyable, but it is also repeatedly mentioned by examiners as a key to success: students must understand the text as a play rather than treating it as a ‘book’.
Everyone made an excellent contribution, but special mention should go to Amelia Murphy for her very convincing American accent; to Alex Steel for his believable portrayal of the good-natured Rodolfo; to Joseph Chong for his display of controlled frustration as Eddie and to Josi Ebeling for performing two roles (Catherine and Beatrice) with aplomb! Well done to all the students for their enthusiastic engagement in this activity.