Through authentic performance and between scene analysis specific to NSW curriculum, this session focuses on the nature of conflict and love. The relationship between the star-crossed lovers and their character development, an investigation as to who or what is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, and the position of women in a patriarchal society.

Between scene discussion learning focus:

• Conflict – internal and external
• Appropriation
• Characterisation
• Parent /child relationship
• Shakespeare’s language styles and how they inform character and drive the story