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Acting IIIB

Assessment 2: Creating a Verbatim Character


According to Wikipedia:Verbatim theatre is a form of documentary theatre in
which plays are constructed from the precise words spoken by people interviewed
about a particular event or topic.
The playwright interviews people that are connected to the topic that the play is
focused on and uses their testimony to construct the piece. In this way they seek
to achieve a degree of authority akin to that represented by the news. Such plays
may be focused on politics, disasters or even sporting events.
A verbatim style of theatre uses the real words from interviewees to construct the
play. ampion !ecent, Australian playwright and author of the verbatim theatre
play Embers, said it is "not written in a traditional sense# but is... conceived,
collected and collated$.%&'
(ecent, high pro)le pieces of verbatim theatre include: The Laramie Project by
*oises Kaufman + Tectonic Theater and its se,uel, The Laramie Project-Ten Years
Later, both about the hate-murder of *atthew Shepard in .aramie, Wyoming in
&//01 Talking to Terrorists by (obin Soans, My Name is Rachel Corrie by Alan
(ickman and 2atharine 3iner, Deep Cut by 4hilip (alph and 2atharine 3iner, The
Permanent ay by !avid 5are, Counte! 678&89 by .ook.eft.ook(ight.%7'
:nusually, Lon!on Roa! 678&&9 by Alecky Blythe and Adam ork, is a verbatim
musical, in which the verbatim spoken te;t is coupled with music composed and
sung to resemble the source interviews as closely as possible.
Another recent e;ample is "lack atch, a piece that integrated interviews taken
with actual members of the <lack Watch with dramati=ed versions of their stories
and dance pieces. The piece originated in the Edinburgh Festival and was created by
the >ational Theater of Scotland and ?regory <urke.
1 Whitton, (ebecca 6August &8, 788@9.ABmbersA. Sydney Stage Cnline.
7 Dupp, Bmily 6April &E, 78&89. AThe rise of democratic theatreA. The Independent.
The RESEARCH--> Interview at least three (! "i#erent w$men
ab$%t a ver& s'eci(c sit%ati$n that w$men in )amaica
*ace+ *ake every attempt to cross class and
generational lines in your selections. Cnly one 6&9 of the women chosen for
interview may be someone well-known to you. !ig around and
)nd people you think will have something worth hearing to
say, and then ask for the interview. Fou must make the
nature of the proGect clear to them, and make arrangements to
REC,R- the interview s$ that &$% ma& transribe their
answers VERBATI.+
The TAS/--> ,n the "a& $* assessment st%"ents will be e0'ecte"
a9 t$ 'er*$rm a E-H minute monologue of the
character created, using all necessary props,
costumes, make-up or mask
b9 t$ 'resent a detailed analysis of the character
created and a brief overview of the women
interviewed to create it. A>! a copy of the
monologue constructed from the interviews.

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