Hannah Kang, Garden City High School, Garden City, New York.
Julius Caesar 4.3.299-355 What's On for Today and Why Students
will read the famous scene where the Ghost of Caesar appears to
Brutus in his tent. The purpose of the lesson is to have the
students visualize the scene on stage and think about different
aspects of staging and performing it through the creation of
prompt books. Prompt books are essentially scripts with
performance notes used by actors to rehearse their parts. The
prompt books will include directorial commentary and notes about
the following: emotion prompts for actors, words or lines to
emphasize, exits and entrances of actors, description of the
Ghost and Brutus, movement, lighting, props, and music. After
students finish their duties as directors, they will report to
the class about the directorial choices they made. The teacher
can decide whether to advise students to adhere to original
staging practices or use more modern methods. This lesson can be
adapted for any scene in Shakesp