The Drowsy Chaperone Study Guide - Theatre Under The Stars

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Create a scrapbook based on the characters in The Drowsy Chaperone. Break your class or group up into smaller groups, enough so that each group is assigned one character from the musical. Each group will choose or be assigned one of the characters from The Drowsy Chaperone. Using the describing words you wrote down on page 5 as a foundation, create a one-page collage based on your character. First, cut out the photo of your character from the gallery on page 5, and attach it to a piece of paper with the adhesive of your choice. Then add the rest of your collage. Possible items for your collage: · Photos from magazines or the Internet that remind you of your character. · Photos from magazines or the Internet of props similar to those used by your character in the show. · Write down, in long hand or on a computer, a favorite line said or sung by your character in the show (don’t worry if you don’t get it exactly right!) · Your own drawing of your character. · Your own drawing of a scene from the show featuring your character. 6
Comedy has been a popular art form for thousands of years. Audiences and readers love to laugh; they love to be taken to a carefree place by artists and forget their troubles for a while. How have writers and artists made us laugh over the centuries? Read one comic novel or play. Here are some suggestions: Aristophanes The Birds William Shakespeare As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing Ben Jonson The Alchemist Moliere The Miser, The Misanthrope Woody Allen The Complete Prose of Woody Allen P.G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves! James Thurber Writings and Drawings Sandra Cisneros Carmelo Eric Hodgins Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Aaron Mcgrunder Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel Jon Stewart The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction Doug Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Mark Twain Puddinhead Wilson Neil Gaiman Good Omens Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers Why was the novel or play you chose funny? Write down three elements that made it funny for you: 1. 2. 3. Write down any comic elements your novel or play shared with The Drowsy Chaperone: Libarry of Congress Shakespeare Dickens 7 Libarry of Congress
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