Home Dear Educator Letter Curriculum Connections Enroll Julius Caesar The Philadelphia Story Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Casablanca THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER Behind the Scenes Before/During Viewing Activities After Viewing Activities Elements of Drama Aspects of Film Brigadoon Ah, Wilderness! Gaslight Evaluation

Suggested AFTER Viewing Activities Since THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER ends in the same manner it begins, the audience can assume that Whiteside will wreak havoc on the lives of the Stanleys once again. Have your students create a script or a storyboard for the sequel to the film. The quick and witty dialogue, the zany mix of characters and the love match conquering all odds add up to the ever-popular "screwball comedy" loved by audiences of the 1930s and '40s. After viewing this film, have students join small groups to rewrite and modernize their favorite scene from the screenplay. Remind students to modernize setting, dialect and language, situation, characters and plot. When scripts are finished, have students perform their scenes before the class. Choose clips from each type of comedy listed in Elements of Drama. Have students identify the category under which THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER falls. Remind students to support their opinions with details from the film and their own background knowledge. To extend the activity, have students develop a comparative analysis between THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER and a film that is a different type of comedy.