Essay writing

Practice your essay writing techniques by completing the topic sentences below.

  • Our group explored biomechanics by ...
  • My workshop experiences (or online activites) into the topic area ...
  • I worked with music and rhythm to create ...
  • When I experiemented with sticks ...
  • When I experiemented with the mask I became ...
  • My character's tone of voice ...
  • I explored my character's body language by ...
  • My workshop experiences into the grotesque ...


Practice your essay writing techniques by completing the topic paragraphs below.

  • The audience reacted with laughter when ...
  • We explored The Government Inspector through ...
  • In a class workshop the students created a ...
  • We worked with each other to create ...
  • We use stylisation to ...
  • In class we explored montage ...
  • As a student actor I found myself ...

Key points

  • Meyerhold's approach to acting is the opposite to Stanislavsky's.
  • Meyerhold's life and work were controversial and contradictory.
  • Meyerhold created Stylised Theatre, as opposed to Naturalistic theatre.
  • Some aspects of Meyerhold's Stylised Theatre include rhythm and the body changing the stage set-up, and montage.
  • Meyerhold was influenced by mask, commedia dell'arte, music, and the grotesque.
  • Meyerhold developed an actor training system called Biomechanics.
  • Meyerhold's masterpiece was The Government Inspector.

(Pattinson, 2010).

Well done, you have completed this bite.

References
Pattinson, B. (2010) HSC Drama Topics Volume Three, Five Senses Education, Australia.