
As the "Bloody Captain" from The Michigan Shakespeare Festival (2001)

As the "The Sheriff" from Calamity Jane - Lincoln High School (2008)


THEATRE DIRECTOR & TEACHER
Lincoln High School, Ypsilanti MI
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Unit Three: Stage Dialects
THE FINAL COPY OF YOUR PAPERWORK IS DUE
ON THE DAY OF THE GRADED PERFORMANCE
Assignment Checklist
Class Notes (40)
Worksheet (30)
Quiz (60)
Participation (10)
FINAL PROJECT (140)

Stage Dialect Final Project Description:
A. Pick a Shakespearean Sonnet (that no one else in the class chooses.)
B. Translate it into Phonetics
C. Memorize it
D. Translate it into two of the four Dialects we have studied.
E. Perform it in the two dialects.
NOTE: Extra Credit will be given to those who attempt a dialect we did not study instead of one we did:
(French/Brooklyn/Irish/Scottish/Italian).
Only one per student.
See Mr. Jacobs for translation information. (This is difficult)
Paperwork
1. Original Sonnet
2. Phonetic Translation
3. Your 2 Dialect Translations
4. Interpretation Paper: What does the sonnet mean? (3-5 paragraphs)
