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The Pinter Pause
Kind of Activity:
Artistic Response
Objective:
Students will be able to explore a distinctive feature of Pinter’s plays (the pauses) and practice directing ambiguous moments in the play
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
Structure:
Pinter is known for his scripted pauses and the many ellipses he writes into the play’s text. Show the following video (an interview with the actors who play Lenny and Max in the Broadway revival) to the class as an introduction to this concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLpWHq21-N4 (4’40” to 6’44”).
Then, divide the class randomly into pairs. Explain that in this activity they will be deciding what happens...
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