Post-Show+Discussion+Questions

=Post-Show Discussion Questions=

1. Many characters in the play were responsible, in some way, for the bloodshed at the end of the play. Who do you think bears some guilt for what happens. Give three examples of something that a character could have done or said differently, and describe how you think that would have changed the end of the play.

2. There were different expectations and customs attached to marriage than there are today. Give two examples of different marital customs or expectations from the play, and provide quotes to back up your ideas. How do you think that this story might have played out differently if it were set in modern day?

3. In small groups, get together and discuss your ideas for your Othello Revised ending. Create a plays scipt for your "new ending". Using props from the prop closet, perform a staged reading of your new ending.

4. In Shakespreare's plays, the characters often speak in asides, meaning that they speak directly to the audiance to share their inner thoughts and feeling. How do you think the use of asides would change modern theatre, television, and movies? Adapt the attached scripts from popluar programs to include asides for one or more character. What did this practice help you learn about the chracter(s)? Did the includion of the asides change they way you think the scene should have been written?