English 8: The Open Road Mr. Cabat April 27, 2015 From The “Trout” Quintet Franz Schubert 1819 Aim: “The course of true love never did run smooth:” MSND, Act I, sc. i, lines 1-250

Tableau Vivant “Living Pictures” Imagine actors trying to recreate a photograph or pictures. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

“Our nuptial hour draws on apace” 2 volunteers to be Theseus and Hippolyta As a class, direct them to pose in a way that suggests romantic longing We now need another volunteer to read lines 1-20 while they hold the pose.

“And she is mine…” Each group will have 5 minutes to create a tableau vivant for lines 21-129 Consider this: Theseus is a Duke Egeus is an angry father Lysander and Hermia are in love

Let’s Get Physical Two new volunteers to look at lines 130-182 Each volunteer must add a physical action to each line. As a class, let’s make suggestions.

The Plan What are Hermia and Lysander going to do? Wait a minute—this sounds vaguely familiar…

Homework None.