What Is the Role of a Theatre Critic?
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Grades: 6 - 12

Video Description: Theatre critic Bob Wilcox discusses the role of the theatre critic and the relationship between a critic and the rest of the theatre community.

Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Theatre-88**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Prior to viewing the video have students hypothesize what they think a theatre critic does and how he/she does it. Then view the video to compare their ideas to what the expert says.
  • After viewing the video, have students view some of the theatre scenes that are available on the website and write or present their review of the scene.

 

*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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