a. Search for information online to present your play, movie or series (genre, plot, characters...).
b. What are the main themes?
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What is the link with Shakespeare's work? With Game of Thrones?
Useful vocabulary
It was published / released in… It was written / directed by… It seems to be about… It mainly deals with… There is a close link between… and… because…
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Mediation
3
What differences and similarities can you find between these plays, movies and series and:
a.Game of Thrones?
b. Shakespeare's work?
4
Is it an adaptation? What differences have been or should be made to turn it into a movie or TV series?
5
Which one do you feel like reading or watching? Why?
Useful vocabulary
The one I'd most like to watch / read is… In my opinion, it is the most… I find the story quite… The main reason why I feel like reading / watching this one is…
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Selection
Richard III, play by William Shakespeare, around 1591.
Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare, 1603.
Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare, 1606.
The Duchess of Malfi, play by John Webster, 1612-13.
A Game of Thrones, book one of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, 1996.
The Hollow Crown, TV series by Dominic Cooke, Richard Eyre, Rupert Goold and Thea Sharrock, 2012-2016.
Macbeth, movie by Justin Kurzel, 2015.
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From French to English
Mediation
La traduction de « il faut »
➜you must / you've got to : l'obligation émane de l'énonciateur (celui qui parle)
➜you need / have to : l'obligation émane d'une autorité autre et extérieure
➜it must be / it has to / needs to : la tournure est impersonnelle
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Adapt it
Turn to your nearest classmate to explain to her or him how to adapt a play to the screen. Use as many different translations of il faut as you can. Then ask your classmate to tell someone else what you said.
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Over to you!
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