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Pygmalion
opens on a busy London street that is crowded with peo-
ple from all social classes who are there for various reasons. It is raining
and some characters are trying to hail a cab. Some live in the neighbourhood.
Some are working and some are not. Rather than identifying the characters by name, Shaw
has labeled them as follows:
The Daughter, The Mother, A Bystander, The Flower Girl,
The Gentleman, The Sarcastic Bystander
and
The Note-taker
.
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In groups of approximately 7, your task is to create a scene of about 2 minutes
that shows
the characters listed above interacting on the sidewalk of a busy city street in the middle of a
downpour of rain.
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Decide on each character’s purpose for being there.
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Decide how each character reacts to the weather.
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Decide where characters should be situated in relation to each other.
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Decide which character will interact with which other characters.
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Decide what the characters will be doing/saying.
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Decide how to shift the focus of the audience from one part of the action or dialogue to
another part. (If everyone is talking and moving at once, the audience won’t know what to
watch or listen to.)
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Practice your scene several times until you have memorized every aspect of it.
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Show the scenes to the class.
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Compare your scenes
to the opening scene of
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