Year 12 - Drama - Solos Prescribed Structures 2020

Character: Ida Wood

"there was a happy ending after all"

Above sourced from:  https://www.ranker.com/list/ida-wood-socialite-recluse/melissa-sartore

Stimulus:  The story of the rich New York socialite who hid in a hotel room for 24 years

Character:  Ida Wood

Performance focus

Create a solo performance based on the person Ida Wood. In June 1931 at the Herald Square Hotel in New York, an officious hotel manager confronts Ida about her squalid living conditions. Overwhelmed at the prospect of having to leave her room, Ida anxiously pleads with the manager to be left in peace. Ida does this by:

• highlighting moments from her life that led up to her checking into the suite at the Herald Square Hotel
• creating contrasts between life inside the room and the outside world during her 24-year residency at the hotel
• drawing a parallel to another person who has chosen to live as a recluse after time in the spotlight.

Performance style Eclectic 

Eclectic theatre draws on a range of performance styles to devise performances that go beyond the reality of life as it is lived. It juxtaposes a number of performance styles to make dramatic statements and theatre that is innovative, transformational and creative. Eclectic theatre is devised with a specific purpose and intention for the audience. Eclectic theatre draws on drama traditions and practice including:

• ritual and storytelling
• contemporary drama practice and performance styles
• the work of drama practitioners and associated performance styles
• a combination of any of the above.​

Convention & Dramatic Element:  As selected by the student from the list (linked here).  Write your selected convention and dramatic element on your Statement of Intention.

Resouces

Mr Boon's Notes

Parallels may be drawn to Miss Havisham