Antonin Artaud Edexcel and the pathway from imaginative

and the pathway from imaginative improvisation to polished devised pieces

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this scheme of work could be used to create a devised performance in a naturalistic style or in a variety of other styles including physical

space and music from the dramatic medium - Use of a variety of stimuli (factual articles

When choosing the extracts try to cover a wide period of time as this will help students to discuss the changes that took place in the genre throughout the century

Antonin Artaud Edexcel and the pathway from imaginativeAny study of Artaud is problematic. He emerges from his own writing and that of others about him as an enigmatic figure, troubled and tormented, yet highly creative; very much a product of his age but also very much at odds with it. This is what sometimes makes him so difficult to teach to students. The irony is, of course, that much of his thinking influences the very essence of drama as we know it today. The fundamentals of drama teaching all owe a