Melodrama

A style of drama that we can utilised in the performing of TRIH is melodrama.

Melodrama style of Acting

Watch this video of the play A 10 Minute Melodrama and describe what the characteristics of this style of acting are. How do the characters speak and move?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptDUGNkPvHY

Basic melodrama stage conventions

http://thecrushedtragedian.blogspot.sg/2007/07/basic-melodramatic-stage-conventions.html

Melodrama Types and Acting Conventions (video inclusive)

http://wanderingash5.blogspot.sg/2011/03/melodrama-types-and-acting-conventions.html

Webpage from Kaiapoy High School with a whole unit on Melodrama!

http://www.kaiapoi.school.nz/WebSpace/784/

Notes about the genre of Melodrama

19^th Century Melodrama

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/melodrama.htm

Wikipedia’s entry on Melodrama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama