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REHEARSAL

ClassNotes Team 4 MIN READUPDATED 1 JUL 2026

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART (CCA - FINE ART) JSS2 SECOND TERM

WEEK 2

REHEARSAL

CONTENT

DEFINITION: Rehearsal is a session of exercise, drill or practice of a play and any other event in preparation for a later public performance.

PURPOSE OF DRAMA REHEARSAL: Rehearsal facilitates perfection among the members or players expected to perform the actual play, dance and song on stage at a later day and time before the audience.

ACTIVITIES OF REHEARSAL

  1. READING: Activity 1: The players read and memorize their lines from the script without movement or demonstration.
  2. MOVEMENT: Activity 2: The players put in some body movement to conform with their respective lines read previously.
  3. ACTING: Activity 3: The players show the real attitude of the character.
  4. EXPRESSION, COMMUNICATION AND VOICE PRODUCTION: Activity 4: The players are trained in the right expressions that match their lines in the script and well trained in terms of voice production. They are also exposed to various cues or signals like action which means begin, cut which means stop, and standing by LQ38 (A lighting cue or signal). ’Go’ as a command language comes at the end of a cue call with the light board operator replying standing or standing by.

STAGES OF REHEARSAL

  1. READING: Stage 1: Reading is done from the script. Compare reading as an activity of rehearsal.
  2. BLOCKING: Stage 2: The precise staging of the actors in order to facilitate a play, song, ballet and opera. It is also the physical arrangement of the players on the stage or film set before reading and movement are done simultaneously. From another perspective, blocking is the process of matching words with appropriate actions simultaneously.
  3. POLISHING OR RUN THROUGH: Stage 3: The players find their performance by quickly running through their lines from the script when scenes are not yet perfected, which is done selectively.
  4. COMPLETE DRESS AND TECHNICAL: Stage 4: All the necessary costumes, make-ups, set(stage), props, lighting effects and other technical equipment are put into use during the final rehearsal. All the items are used in complete dress and technical usually a day before the final production. Complete dress and techniques are necessary to enable members of the technical crew to test-run their equipment and put faulty equipment in order before they are introduced to the targeted audience.

EVALUATION

  1. What is rehearsal?
  2. Mention the four activities and stages of rehearsal respectively.
  3. Explain any two activities and stages of rehearsal you know.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Proper Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi and other Co-Authors. (Books 1, 2 and 3)

REFERENCE PAGE: Pages 79 – 81. Attempt the revision questions on page 82. Modern Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by G.F. Ibrahim, Book 2, pages 93-96.

GENERAL EVALUATION

  1. State the notes on the keyboard and their values.
  2. Show the difference between the treble and bass clef in diagrams.
  3. Identify these names of musical sign and their functions. (i) Sharp  (ii) Flat  (iii) Natural sign (iv) Double flat  (v) Double sharp
  4. How many lines and spaces make up a musical staff?
  5. Mention the seven English alphabets in music.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

  1. ………is the main reason why the players rehearse a play before the actual public performance. (a) Perfection  (b) Imperfection  (c) Entertainment  (d) Skill acquisition
  2. Another word for polishing in drama rehearsal is (a) run in  (b) run through (c)run offline  (d) on call
  3. Which one of these crew members in drama rehearsal pays keen attention to each player as he or she reads the lines from the script and makes instant corrections when an error is made? (a) Cameraman  (b) Make- up artist  (c) Prompter  (d) Director
  4. What stage of drama rehearsal involves a precise staging of the actors and actresses in order to facilitate a play? (a) Blocking (b) Dress and technical (c) Reading  (d) Polishing
  5. On what material do the actors and actresses read and memorize their lines? (a) Manuscript  (b) Script  (c) Newspaper  (d) Journal

THEORY

  1. Define rehearsal.
  2. State the four stages of rehearsal.