The Rake's Progress Teachers Guide - San Francisco Opera
The Rake's Progress Teachers Guide - San Francisco Opera
The Rake's Progress Teachers Guide - San Francisco Opera
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Character Creation<br />
Think about the characters and the role they play in the story.<br />
Choose one from the following:<br />
Anne Trulove<br />
Tom Rakewell<br />
Nick Shadow<br />
Mother Goose<br />
Baba the Turk<br />
If you were going to play this character, you would have to discover, create, and imagine the<br />
background, personality, physical qualities of him or her. Some clues are provided in the story<br />
and the music and some you need to make-up yourself.<br />
Pretend you are that character and answer the following questions:<br />
1. How old are you?<br />
2. Do you have brothers and sisters?<br />
3. What sort of home do you have (a house/castle/cave?) Describe it.<br />
4. What do you really want in the story? This is called your character’s objective.<br />
5. What obstacles stand in your way?<br />
6. What steps in the opera do you take to achieve this objective? What are the results?<br />
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