Recently‚ I had the pleasure of seeing Nikolai Gogol’s 19th century comedic farce‚ The Government Inspector. The thrilling play I attended on Thursday November 5‚ 2015 was adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher‚ directed by Matt Foyer‚ and produced by Jeanette D.Farr at the Glendale College Auditorium Mainstage Theatre. This funny contemporary production illuminated the absurdity and vanity of human behavior. The 90-minute comedic face‚ performed in the grand Proscenium theatre‚ had a clever and unexpected series
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Real Inspector Hound‚ which was written between 1961 and 1962 and premiered on June 17th 1968‚ is an absurd play that comments on the role of the critic in relation to the play he or she critiques and comments on the interdependent relationship that is formed between critic and actor. The Real Inspector Hound’s plot revolves around a couple of critics‚ Moon and Birdboot‚ who become embroiled in a murder mystery while watching a play about a murder mystery; in this sense‚ The Real Inspector Hound
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J.B. Priestly presents Arthur Birling as a self obsessed‚ work oriented “hard-headed business man” in Act 1. The stage directions describe him as a “heavy-looking‚ rather portentous man” giving an impression that he looks rather threatening. He is very traditional and speaks formally‚ even around his family. He has worked hard to raise himself up the social ladder and is proud to think that he’s going to be knighted. Even at his daughter’s engagement party‚ Birling’s head is still wrapped around
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An Inspector Calls is a play set in 1912. In the play‚ Gerald and Sheila are enjoying an engagement party when intrudes a ‘police inspector’ who reveals that a lower class woman drank disinfectant and died. The inspector gradually reveals that every member of the family plays a part in the girl’s death. What is important about this play‚ and at first seems irrelevant‚ is that it is set in 1912. What must be remembered is that today if a young woman was struggling with the dilemmas that Eva Smith
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Government Inspector is a sardonic play by novelist Nikolai Gogal and directed by Tina Kronis. The play was about how a town shows corruption and ignorance. The setting in the play takes place before the Russian Revolution. The two main actors in this play were Kasper Svendsen‚ who played the mayor of the town‚ and Aidan Davari‚ who played the St. Petersburg’s official. The Government Inspector‚ was about how a small Russian town was having an unexpected visit from a government inspector who was going
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and our minds and bodies start to work slower. In the story “God is Not a Fish Inspector‚” Fusi is determined to live how he wants‚ without the interference of others. Fusi does not want his freedom to be taken away from him and he does not want to just wait for death. Fusi has different types of conflict with two of the main characters: his daughter‚ Emma‚ who wants to punish him for being old‚ and the fish inspectors‚ who have taken away his fishing licence due to old age. Most of all Fusi has conflict
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Inspector Calls Essay – To what extent is each character responsible for the death of Eva Smith? Each character is linked to Eva Smith in some way. The Birling family‚ Arthur‚ Mrs B‚ Sheila and Eric all contributed to her death along with Gerald‚ Sheila’s partner. In this essay I’ll be exploring how each of them contributed to her death and to what extent it is their responsibility. The first person involved with Eva Smith was Arthur Birling. She was one of his employees who was a ‘ring leader’
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‘THE PIANO’ MONOLOGUE – STRUCTURE Year 11 English 1) Introduction • Establish your identity – through your use of language‚ your tone‚ your physical appearance & gestures‚ etc • Capture your character’s voice – how does he/she speak? Will you‚ for example: - use figurative language and metaphor - speak in short‚ sharp sentences - speak in fragmented or rambling sentences - use lots of imperatives or commands and modal verbs (eg. She must
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probably the best one out there: the home inspectors themselves. No‚ I’m not just talking about reading their websites‚ since anyone can put up whatever they want. Instead‚ we went to a group of highly respected home inspectors and posed this question: If you were hiring a home inspector to inspect a home for your out-of-state family member‚ what questions would you ask them? 1. What are your certifications? If you are in one of the many states where home inspectors are licensed‚ that is just a minimum
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