Theatre forms
Jekyll & Hyde draws on many different theatre techniques in it's style. Read more about some of them below. Once you've learnt more about each form/technique, have a group discussion with your class about examples you saw of each form in practice in Jekyll & Hyde.
BOUFFON
Bouffon is a modern French theatre term that was re-coined in the early 1960s by Jacques Lecoq at his L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris to describe a specific style of performance work that has a main focus in the art of mockery. The word gave rise to the English word buffoon. (Read more)
Bouffon is a modern French theatre term that was re-coined in the early 1960s by Jacques Lecoq at his L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris to describe a specific style of performance work that has a main focus in the art of mockery. The word gave rise to the English word buffoon. (Read more)
COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
Commedia is a form of theatre characterized by masked "types" which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. (Read more)
Commedia is a form of theatre characterized by masked "types" which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. (Read more)
HARLEQUINADE / CLOWNING
Harlequinade is a British comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick adaptation or variant of the Commedia dell'arte, which originated in Italy and reached its apogee there in the 16th and 17th centuries. (Read more).
Harlequinade is a British comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick adaptation or variant of the Commedia dell'arte, which originated in Italy and reached its apogee there in the 16th and 17th centuries. (Read more).
IMPROVISATIONAL THEATRE
Improvisational theatre, often called improv or impro, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created collaboratively by the players as the improvisation unfolds in present time, without use of an already prepared, written script. (Read more)
Improvisational theatre, often called improv or impro, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, action, story, and characters are created collaboratively by the players as the improvisation unfolds in present time, without use of an already prepared, written script. (Read more)
ENDOWMENT
Endowment uses the physical objects your character is acting with, and gives them the same characteristics they would have in real life, or in the scene. An actor cannot feel the heat from a cup of coffee if the cup is filled with water. However, they can use endowment to act as if the water is coffee and perhaps drink it carefully, blow on it, and be cautious with it when walking. In order to use endowment correctly, you must react emotionally to the object being endowed. (Read more)
Endowment uses the physical objects your character is acting with, and gives them the same characteristics they would have in real life, or in the scene. An actor cannot feel the heat from a cup of coffee if the cup is filled with water. However, they can use endowment to act as if the water is coffee and perhaps drink it carefully, blow on it, and be cautious with it when walking. In order to use endowment correctly, you must react emotionally to the object being endowed. (Read more)