Michael Christofer’s “The Shadow Box”. Despite having very little knowledge of the play itself‚ I thoroughly enjoyed the play and was kept engaged throughout. “The Shadow Box” revolves around three main terminally ill characters‚ Joe‚ Felicity and Agnes‚ who had to deal with the fact of not being able to live much longer. It also involves their family and friends facing the inevitable death of their loved one. The play addresses the theme of death and the idea of seizing the day and living life to
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MEAGAN CONNOLLY 708700 Savina claims that pretend play is crucial to the development of self-regulation in children. I agree with Lillard and her colleagues in saying that there is insufficient evidence to prove the crucial position. However‚ in opposition to Lillard and her colleagues’ claim‚ I do not believe this concludes epiphenomenon. This essay will critically evaluate this ongoing debate around pretend play’s role in self-regulation‚ maintaining that it is impossible
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Imagination and pretend play as a child is a crucial part of growing up into teenagers as well as into adults. In a press article from Psychologytoday.com‚ the authors stressed the idea of not only physical play being important‚ but also the need for acting and using imagination. “Systematic research has increasingly demonstrated a series of clear benefits of children’s engagement in pretend games from the ages of about two and one half through ages six or seven.” The author‚ Scott Kaufman‚ mentioned
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Play is an important part of children’s life that keeps them healthy both physically and mentally. It is a way through which children explore their imagination‚ build various skills required for their development in different areas. In this essay‚ importance of play in children’s learning and development is discussed in relation to Piaget’s cognitive theory‚ Vygotsky socio-cultural theory and Te Whaariki. Moreover‚ the teacher’s role and strategies used in encouraging the play-based curriculum in
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benefits of rough and tumble play in our society as it relates to healthy advances in adolescence. This paper will also explore how R & T play can be taught and used
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Task 1; 1.1-Explain the innate drive for children to play; Innate drive for children to play is very important because this is how children develop their skills and the different development stages throughout their life. Children are born with a natural drive for them to play. Play is a Psychological‚ Physiological and a Social need for them to have the impulse to have play. Also it is fundamental to the healthy development and it helps the well-being of individual’s and the different communities
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A significant part of the play Noises Off written by Michael Frayn‚ was the dysfunction of the characters and the use and importance of props. In this play‚ each character had a specific dilemma which caused the play to fail in a humorous manner. Additionally‚ props‚ such as sardines were such a significant aspect of the play and for the director. This all sounds silly‚ but the dysfunction and ridiculous props work well. Frayn constructed a farcical comedy around unusual aspects‚ and the humor and
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My classmates and I recently saw Watch on the Rhine by Lilian Hellman performed at the Arena Stage in Washington D.C. The play was directed by Jackie Maxwell. The main characters were portrayed by Marsha Mason‚ Thomas Keegan‚ Lisa Bruneau‚ Andrew Long‚ J Anthony Crane‚ Natalia Payne‚ Ethan Miller‚ Heidi Kaplan‚ and Tyler Bowman. It was my first time seeing theater-in-the-round; it was an amazing experience. Theater-in-the-round is much more engaging and realistic than a proscenium stage. Along with
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Recently I attended The Broward college production of the play Season’s Greeting‚ the play takes place on Christmas Eve‚ Christmas Day‚ and Boxing Day. I was very skeptical going in because I was not sure if I would be walking in on a tacky Christmas play or an Alan Ayckbourn’s British comedy. They had a proscenium stage with‚ extended Apron which very disappointed me because it was extremely small‚ I sat in the center of the third row and the aesthetic distance between me and the performers were
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Almost Maine is a play by John Cariani and directed by Lesley Tutnick-Machbitz. Narrating nine short stories taken place in a small Maine town at the same time. Each story has a different theme varied of love‚ loss‚ and hope. With six show dates at Glendale Community College Performing Art Center‚ I was given the opportunity to be part of the run crew. I was able to observe the growth of the actors and see them transform into their characters through behavior‚ movement‚ and voice. The cast was
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