Section 1 Our style- We decided to delve deeper into the realm of physical theatre for our devised creative adaptation. The main reason for this was our success in unit 2 were we used Frantic Assembly‚ an innovative physical theatre group‚ as a Practitioner. We now want to work on the basics that we learned last year but also extend our skills to more challenging and advanced physical movements and sequences. Now that the shackles are off we are interested to look into other physical theatre
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This term we were taught some of the practical applications of theories by Rudolf Laban‚ Frederick Matthias Alexander and Arthur Lessac. Each of these practitioners formed certain theories and created certain exercises that can better one’s performance of physical theatre. In this essay I will be explaining how some of these theories and exercises improve your practical abilities and performances. Laban’s movement analysis is about understanding effort and body attitudes. Your effort is the amount
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Music: "Come Out‚ Come out Wherever you are..." Setting: A room with a bed‚ presumably a bedroom - Dorothy in night attire‚ desperate (lights in) Wizard as Munchkin: (taking a fit) Four feet‚ one and a half inches is not short! (grumbles under Dorothy) Dorothy: (impatient) I wasn’t trying to insult you. I just want to know how you got in! Wizard as Munchkin: (not listening) I’m the tallest one around! (grumbling continues) Dorothy: I really don’t want to argue - I just want your help... Wizard
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"The African-American Guide to Divorce & Drama: Breaking Up Without Breaking Down" Helps Couples Weather Divorce With Less Disruption (1888 PressRelease) New book examines unique cultural and social factors that play a role in African-American separation and divorce. Chicago‚ IL - Divorce is an all-too-common reality in our world today‚ with more than half of all African-American marriages in the U.S. now ending in divorce. A new book by prominent Chicago African-American family
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Bennett explores the fine line between wisdom and foolishness in ‘The History Boys’. Discuss with reference to this comedic drama. The fine line between wisdom and foolery has often been explored and blurred in dramatic comedies throughout the ages. Often‚ in Shakespeare’s plays especially‚ the fool figure turns out to be the wisest figure out of all of the other characters‚ and is used as a way to make a comment on the social context of the time. This theme is present in ‘The History Boys’‚ as
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EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY ADO - EKITI FACULTY OF ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES AN ASSIGNMENT ON: ELS 226 (MODERN AFRICAN DRAMA) SUBMITTED BY : GROUP 4 QUESTION: THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE DETERMINES ITS DRAMA. DISCUSS THE EAST AFRICAN EXPERIENCE AS EXEMPLIFY IN FRANCES LIMBULGA’S AMMATA‚ NGUGI WA THIONGO’ S I WILL MARRY WHEN I WANT AND JOHN RUGANDA’S ECHOES OF SILENCE. LECTURER-IN-CHARGE: DR OLANIYAN MRS LIST OF GROUP MEMBERS. OGUNFEIBO AYOKUNLE O 1002630 IBITOYE
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Using the works of literature (shorts stories‚ novels‚ poetry‚ drama) you have‚ discuss the following question: Is pride a vice or virtue? To Kill A Mocking Bird‚ by Harper Lee and The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald both are examples of how pride can be shown as a virtue and how pride can be shown as a vice. For the purpose of this essay‚ To Kill a Mocking Bird will be the representation of how pride is a virtue. The Great Gatsby will be the representation of how pride is a vice. In order
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If works of art mirror their societies‚ they reflect the burning issues of their societies. The historical backgrounds of the two selected texts: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Othello by William Shakespeare are key to the task at hand. In short‚ setting both in place and time plays a very significant role in answering this question. So the task at hand is to situate the selected texts within the context of their history‚ geography‚ intellectual and cultural struggles and then compare
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‘The language and variation in tone in ‘A Man for All Seasons’ makes it a much more accessible historical drama than ‘Murder in the Cathedral.’ Due to the stylised and naturalistic style of writing by Bolt and Eliot‚ ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ and ‘A Man for All Seasons’ differ in their accessibility as historical dramas. The language and variation in tone in ‘A Man for All Seasons’ arguably adds to the play’s accessibility. The language and variation in tone in ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ could also
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people who sang or chanted songs and poems that helped set the scene of the play‚ bring the audience up to date with the events preceding the play and inform the audience of any political or social consequences of events within the play. As Greek drama progressed‚ the writers of tragedies began to use the Chorus more as a character in its own right‚ with feelings and opinions. The Chorus were witnesses to the tragedy‚ but also often encouraged the tragedy to happen‚ incensing the characters and prompting
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