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Activities for teaching The Winter's Tale, based on RSC rehearsal room practice. (You need PDF reader software.)

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  • Why did you decide to stage The Winter's Tale and Pericles together?
  • Why did you want a promenade environment?
  • In Pericles, you've created specific locations. Does it matter where The Winter's Tale is set geographically?
  • Does Leontes come on already wound up with terrible feelings?
  • Why have you chosen not to portray the pastoral scenes romantically?
  • Is it Hermione at the end of the play? Or if it is a magical statue? Did you address that question?
  • Why do you think Hermione doesn't say anything at the end of the play?
  • How was the music developed for The Winter's Tale?
  • Does the title indicate a concentration on seasons?
  • How did you develop the design?
  • How to you use the character Time?
  • If a playwright brought a play to you which had a character called Time moving the action on, what would your response be?
  • How did the actors cope with the promenade version?
  • Is there anything you tried in rehearsals that didn't work?

Why did you decide to stage The Winter's Tale and Pericles together?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Why did you want a promenade environment?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Does Leontes come on already wound up with terrible feelings?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Why have you chosen not to portray the pastoral scenes romantically?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Why do you think Hermione doesn't say anything at the end of the play?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

How was the music developed for The Winter's Tale?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Does the title indicate a concentration on seasons?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

How did you develop the design?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

How to you use the character Time?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

How did the actors cope with the promenade version?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Is there anything you tried in rehearsals that didn't work?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-11-14
Copyright
© RSC 2006

These clips are taken from a recording of the Creative Team Talk public event on 14 November 2006 in the Swan Theatre. Interview by Paul Allen.

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