1. 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

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

3. “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.

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

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

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

7. Homework
None.