G11 Diorama Project for The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee

G11 Diorama Project for The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
This project is designed to assess your ability to understand
the concept of "plastic theatre" in drama. How does lighting,
music, costumes, scenery and setting, etc., affect the story?
(See PowerPoint presentation on plastic theatre in Power
School handouts folder.)
This project contains three parts. The first is a diorama. It is
the 3D representation of a scene in a box. Choose the scene
you want to represent. Set it up as the scene directions say
and add your own vision of the scene by using the elements
of plastic theatre. (50 points)
The second is a short essay (1 page) explaining the scene and
how the playwright used particular elements to express what
he wants the audience to feel or learn. This essay needs to
introduce the scene you are doing, the time and place, the
characters, and the elements of plastic theatre you have
chosen to focus on. (25 points)
The third is your presentation to the class of your project in
which your explain your diorama of a scene and the elements
of plastic theatre you chose to use. (25 points)