After you watch the assigned Musical Theatre film, you are ready to start your Musical Theatre speech assignment.
Write your speech paper on one of the following musicals :
West Side Story 1961
Miss Saigon 2016
Chicago 2002
Cabaret 1972
Les Misérables 2012
Take a look at the Module titled “Suggested Speech Topics for Musical Theatre.” You will see topics like Theme, Music, Dance and Character. You should notice that all the topics are from Aristotle’s 6 elements of theatre as defined in his work The Poetics. You need to choose ONE topic and write a paper on how that one element contributes to the play and it’s intended messages.
You will notice that each Topic has several questions underneath it. You should use those questions to help guide your paper. You do not have to answer all of the questions in your paper but you should consider addressing 2 or 3* of them. For example, your paper might look like:
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Your introduction should introduce Aristotle’s 6 elements of theatre and explain the one you are focusing on for your paper on your selected musical film. Your intro should address how the 6 elements of theatre as defined by Aristotle are present in the modern musical film you saw.
Paragraph 2: Answer to one of the topic questions with examples from the show
Paragraph 3: Answer to another topic question with examples from the show
Paragraph 4: Answer to one last topic question with examples from the show
Paragraph 5: Conclusion.
*if your analysis in paragraphs 2 and 3 end up being long, you don’t need to include a third question. Not sure how to judge? Your paper should be around 2-3 pages. If it’s longer than that, then you can cut one of the topic questions.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns regarding the film, the speech topics, or any of the topic questions. You may want to watch the film again.
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