I attended the play on March 22nd. I have attended most of the plays here‚ at Waynesburg. Leading up to Professor Powers introducing the play and thanking the audience for their attendance‚ the audience seemed to be excited and engaged; talking about the various ways that the Addams family had enriched their lives. My friend and I had a seat in the middle in the center row‚ with an optimal viewing experience. The plays overall production concept such as the costumes‚ lighting and set added to
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LULLABY by Leslie Marmon Silko The sun had gone down but the snow in the wind gave off its own light. It came in thick tufts like new wool—washed before the weaver spins it. Ayah reached out for it like her own babies had‚ and she smiled when she remembered how she had laughed at them. She was an old woman now‚ and her life had become memories. She sat down with her back against the wide cottonwood tree‚ feeling the rough bark on her back bones; she faced east and listened to the
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Give advice to the actor playing Mr Birling on how he should present the character to an audience? In this essay I am going to discuss Mr. Birling character in depth and advise the actor who plays him on how he should be presented. Mr Birling is a ‘heavy looking‚ rather portentous man in his middle fifties’ who is head of the family. Since he is next socially superior wife after his wife the actor should have a sense of power and authority in the room and be sat at the head of the table to emphasize
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Taming of the Shrew - Justification Essay Act l Scene ll Shakespearean texts have revolutionised the language of English‚ with many directors of theatre‚ opera‚ music‚ film and radio adapting Shakespeare’s works to convey their interpretation of his texts. As a director‚ I wanted to incorporate aspects of my life in the classic Shakespearean romantic comedy‚ Taming of the Shrew‚ without forgetting the conventions that make Shakespeare’s texts classics. The stage chosen for our production was
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The movie Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on Oliver Sacks’ 1973 memoir of the same title. It is one of the best movie that touches the heart of many people. It is the most emotionally stunning and profound moving journey that was based on a true to life story. The movie was great because how they acted their roles were exceptional. Honestly‚ the roles given to them are really hard because they will handle all the emotional and physical challenges of their roles. You really need a
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A young adult was in love with the movie Fight Club. Kyle and his friends made movies‚ fought‚ and acted like they were the actors from the famous movie. “‘I thought that he thought he was Tyler Durden‚’” (Gendar‚ Burke‚ and McShane 2). One of Kyle’s friends reported that statement towards the media saying how much Kyle idolized the main character of Fight Club. Kyle had threatened classmates with knifes and was an extremely violent teenager. He plotted his plan accordingly to the famous 1999 movie
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Using research (eating Christmas in the Kalahari) explain how social actors give meanings to their actions through social interactions. Also consider how this can lead to cultural misunderstanding. In ‘Eating Christmas in the Kalahari’ Richard Lee kills an Ox for Christmas dinner. Richard kills a big ox for the tribe to eat on Christmas but instead of being greeted with the tribe saying well done for killing such a big ox like he clearly expects he is greeted with tribesmen telling him that the
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Drama Prose or verse telling a story intended for representation by actors through dialogue or action. The Play Playwright : person who writes plays. Script : printed copy of a play. Acts : the major sections of a play. Scene : small section or portion of a play. The People Actor: male performer Actress: female performer Cast: all performers selected to portray characters. Director: instructs actors on how to portray characters. Areas of the Stage Backstage: area behind scenery not visible
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Although some poor white men can rise above poverty‚ the truly disadvantaged individuals are poor people of color‚ as they must combat both racism and classism in order to succeed. Tom‚ Daisy’s husband‚ invites Nick to his apartment to spend the afternoon with him and his mistress. They are later joined by her sister Catherine‚ a feisty redhead‚ who has “a complexion powdered milky white” (Fitzgerald 30). Catherine’s decision to lighten her skin is directly influenced by Eurocentric beauty standards
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Acting on Emotions Sophocles designs his plays to instruct his audience members to behave morally correct. People’s actions are ruled by their emotions (jealousy‚ suspicion‚ anger‚ pride‚ and love) and it leads to negative effects for them. But when acting in a sage demeanor‚ it gives evidence to a person’s character. Sophocles writes his characters to be ruled by their emotions and to teach people to behave in a prudent demeanor. Sophocles designs his plays to have the people of authority act
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