The Trojan Women

Annotating the Text

• You will take your own annotated copy of the Trojan women into the examination with you.

• This is a golden opportunity to ensure that your text is as helpful to you as possible.

What is an annotated text ?

• Annotate (verb):

• To supply with critical or explanatory notes. (from the latin)

• The text is interleaved with blank pages for that very purpose

• It looks very like a Director’s copy of the script would

Personalise Your Script

• Find a way of annotating YOUR script from the start of your work, and it will build into a useful working document that will aid your understanding of the text as well as make the exam easier

Ideas How to Annotate …

Colour coding your text can be a quick and easy way to locate things in an exam situation

Highlighter pens are the best way to do this

Possible Areas to Select …

Rehearsal Techniques

CHARACTERSIssues and Themes

DESIGN ELEMENTS Staging COSTUMES

Off text Ideas AUDIENCE

Social, Cultural & Historical

There’s Only Really One Way to Make Theatrical Sense of a Text

This is a practice exercise, so don’t use your real text just yet, use this extract from Pages 95

and 97 of the text to have a go at useful annotation ……

You have 5 minutes ….

Victoria & Alex Themes and Issues

Jane and Sian Characters

Adam and Janine Staging Issues

Liam and Heather Off text Ideas

Fiona and Jo Design elements (Technical)

Katie and Katie Costumes

Pippa and Chloe Rehearsal Techniques

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