Blood Relations Lesson Plan

What is the effect of Lizzie being played by the Actress/Lizzie during the crucial moments leading up to and including the murders? Can you imagine the actress’s perspective as she figures out what she’s going to say and do in these scenes? What kind of energy does she embody here, and from where does she summon it? What circumstances leading up to these scenes inform her choices?

Students are invited here to examine the role of the Actress in today’s reading both on a stylistic/structural level (how does this, as a device in the play, serve our understanding of the history and of Lizzie psychologically?) and on a more emotional/experiential level (how does imagining...