Level 2 Drama Exam Prep

Epic theatre

Costume design for Macheath

Costume designs

From: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/review-

threepenny-opera.html

• Its cheerful cynicism turns conventional morality on its head: here the bad guys win, simply because they are meaner than everyone else. The apparent deus ex machina, in which Mack the Knife is saved at the last minute from the hangman's noose, is a sardonic reversal that, rather than providing an escapist happy ending, reveals an uncomfortable truth: the biggest criminals get off scot-free.

How actors use the acting space/stage

• We need to look at set in 3PO• In groups, you will be allocated one set to

design/draw/annotate• Label where actors will stand when the action

changes within the scene (ie. when a song starts)

• Label where the organ will sit on stage• You will tell the class about your design

The sets• Peachum’s shop• The stable• The whorehouse in Turnbridge• The death cell and the gallows

Prologue?

Set model of Peachum’s shop

Peachum and Filch

Peachum’s shop

Peachum’s shop

The stable

Arrest at the whorehouse

Tiger Brown and Peachum at the latter’s shop

The beggar’s signs from 3.7

Mac waiting to hang

Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina