1 Level 2 Drama Exam Prep Epic theatre

2 Costume design for Macheath

3 Costume designs

4 From: http://theatrenotes. blogspot. coIts cheerful cynicism turns conventional morality on its head: here the bad guys win, simply because they are meaner than everyone else. The apparent deus ex machina, in which Mack the Knife is saved at the last minute from the hangman's noose, is a sardonic reversal that, rather than providing an escapist happy ending, reveals an uncomfortable truth: the biggest criminals get off scot-free.

5 How actors use the acting space/stageWe need to look at set in 3PO In groups, you will be allocated one set to design/draw/annotate Label where actors will stand when the action changes within the scene (ie. when a song starts) Label where the organ will sit on stage You will tell the class about your design

6 The sets Peachum’s shop The stable The whorehouse in TurnbridgeThe death cell and the gallows

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8 Prologue?

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10 Set model of Peachum’s shop

11 Peachum and Filch

12 Peachum’s shop

13 Peachum’s shop

14 The stable

15 Arrest at the whorehouse

16 Tiger Brown and Peachum at the latter’s shop

17 The beggar’s signs from 3.7

18 Mac waiting to hang

19 Deus ex machina

20 Deus ex machina