Ben's+Final+Project

Hamlet Resources and Final Project

**RESOURCES:**

This American Life, 218: Act V--"Jack Hitt begins his story about a group of prisoners at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center who are rehearsing and staging a production of Hamlet. The man who plays Hamlet gets in character by recalling times he's wanted to hurt people, like the crime that sent him to prison, in which he shot two people and left them for dead. Big Hutch, who plays Horatio, explains how it would work if you set //Hamlet// in a prison, and why it would actually improve a flaw in the plot. Jack Hitt discovers that almost all the actors draw on their pasts in one way or another to get into character." [|**http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=218**]


 * FINAL PROJECT:**

Create a "live" audio news report of a scene from __Hamlet__.
 * The report may be given by a character or by an outsider.
 * The report should have quotes from at least two "witnesses" (other characters from the play).
 * You must quote the play at least twice (can be either your reporter or a witness).
 * Begin by writing out a script of EVERYTHING that will be said. Ultimately, the script will be uploaded to the class wiki along with the audio file and each will be graded.

Click here for tips on writing your news report.

Click here for a sample script and audio file.

Click here for instructions on how to use Audacity.

Click here for the rubric of how your project will be graded.