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Our first task was on melodrama that was very popular in Russia and the rest of the world before Stanislavski started to use his techniques of drama.  

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1) Our first task was on melodrama that was very popular in Russia and the rest of the world before Stanislavski started to use his techniques of drama. In melodrama the characters are very stereotypical and over acted. Most of the plays were basically the same plot, there was a hero a villain and a damsel who got kidnapped. Our task was to create a melodrama play in lesson. My group's play had a damsel, a hero, a villain, a villains sidekick and two old wise men. I think this is probably what the old melodrama plays comprised of. Our group worked on the final scene of our play. The final scene starts off with the villain and the damsel tied up on a chair. He is torturing her and using threats against her like' I am going to chuck you into the canal'. Then on the other side of the...

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