Principal Theatre Company - open university

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1. Focus on one tragedy and one comedy from Book one of the Course, and for 90 minutes teach and entertain the 120-150 students.

2. Provide a combination of acting and teaching in which the challenges and problems of translating Shakespeare from the page to the stage are expanded.

We wanted to provide an insight into how a director & actors rehearse and stage a Shakespeare play.

Christopher Geelan, director of The Principal Theatre Company's open air productions of Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew devised the Animated Lecture. We concentrate on Macbeth & A Midsummer Night's Dream, two texts that the OU students are studying. The Lectures, which take place in London every summer, are a huge success with the 1,000 students that take part.

The students are encouraged to visit forty hall or Coram's fields to see our open-air production of Twelfth Night. Vouchers are handed to the students giving them money off the price of their theatre tickets.

We are delighted to announce that our OU contract has been extended to 2008 where we will again be providing
Animated Shakespeare Lectures to the summer school student, on various Shakespeare plays.

If you are interested in booking an Animated Shakespeare Lecture with The Principal Theatre Company please contact Paul or Sarah on 020 8886 7584 for details.



The Open University In 2001 The Principal Theatre Company won a unique contract with open university to provide Animated Shakespeare Lectures for their summer school students on AA306 Shakespeare course in London. We are delighted to announce that once again the Open University contract has been extended to 2008 Both artistic directors Paul Gladwin and Sarah Knight have been studying with the Open University. Sarah Graduated with honours in 2004 gaining a BA Degree in Literature. "It has been an extremely worthwhile experience studying with the Open University, because it keeps you motivated and keeps the brain working" claims Sarah Knight." Paul, who graduates this year, says "Actors can be in and out of work at any one time, so studying with the OU can allow you to find other interests while you are not working, but it also provides you with informative materials to use as actors in future acting jobs." The Principal Theatre Company was chosen over other theatre Companies to provide Lectures that would be both entertaining & educational and meet the following requirements		..t 1. Focus on one tragedy and one comedy from Book one of the Course, and for 90 minutes teach and entertain the 120-150 students. 2. Provide a combination of acting and teaching in which the challenges and problems of translating Shakespeare from the page to the stage are expanded. We wanted to provide an insight into how a director & actors rehearse and stage a Shakespeare play. Christopher Geelan, director of The Principal Theatre Company's open air productions of Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night and Taming of the Shrew devised the Animated Lecture. We concentrate on Macbeth & A Midsummer Night's Dream, two texts that the OU students are studying. The Lectures, which take place in London every summer, are a huge success with the 1,000 students that take part. The students are encouraged to visit forty hall or Coram's fields to see our open-air production of Twelfth Night. Vouchers are handed to the students giving them money off the price of their theatre tickets. We are delighted to announce that our OU contract has been extended to 2008 where we will again be providing Animated Shakespeare Lectures to the summer school student, on various Shakespeare plays. If you are interested in booking an Animated Shakespeare Lecture with The Principal Theatre Company please contact Paul or Sarah on 020 8886 7584 for details. .