Physical comedy Theatre History Number of schemes: 2

Number of schemes: 2

with the students assuming the role of director

The genre exhibits fast action scenes

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Physical comedy Theatre History Number of schemes: 2How can young people studying drama at school ever be expected to understand the subtleties and intricacies of the kind of playful, physical acting style seen in the work of companies like Complicit, The Right Size or Told by an Idiot? This scheme of work distils some of the ideas expressed and explained in Why Is That So Funny? A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy by John Wright (Nick Hern Books 2006). Some games are taken directly from the