Part 1: Creating Comedy …
Dr. Lombardi & Pantaloon
Wed 5 March 2025
09:00-09:45 (GMT)
Cost: £30-£40 per school group
45 min online revision session for A Level students studying A Servant To Two Masters
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“I was blown away and am incredibly happy I signed up for the course. Very practical. Very clear. Very visual and engaging. So much useful information... I highly recommend!”
This is the first of five revision sessions for A Level students studying A Servant To Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, adapted by Lee Hall.
This 45 minute webinar focuses on how to create comedy in the scenes where Doctor Lombardi and Pantaloon appear. Covering:
Characterisation: movement and gesture repertoires, vocal expression, rhythms
Comic techniques
Articulation of the language necessary to communicate ideas on paper
Q & A
It would be advantageous for students to have re-read the scenes where these characters appear in advance of the session. Students will need copies of the text with them.
Students should join as a whole group in an appropriate space at your school. You will need to ensure a large screen with speakers can be accessed. It is useful to have a microphone to ask questions or the chat can be used. It is not essential to have a web camera on, but it is helpful so that Cheryl can guide and advise on movement.
“The workshop was amazing! Cheryl has so much energy. I went from knowing nothing to knowing loads in just a few hours”
About the Workshop Leader:
Cheryl Stapleton is a performer, director, and theatre teacher with over 30 years of expertise in commedia dell'arte and physical comedy. Trained under John Rudlin at Centre Sèlavy, at École Philippe Gaulier and at Antonio Fava's Scuola Internazionale dell’Attore Comico. A Brunel University Drama graduate and trained dancer, Cheryl founded Learning Through Theatre in 2013, and is now internationally recognised for her performance-education to schools, universities, and institutions worldwide. She delivers text specific workshops on A Servant of Two Masters and Accidental Death of an Anarchist.