revolutionary new social order through violence and hence the title ‘ Inquilab.’ Asif Currimbhoy‚ an Indian playwright writing in English‚ had exposure in experimental American theatre. He brought some of their techniques like management of light in his stagecraft. It gives more depth to the mood of the episodes in the individual scenes. Moreover‚ Asif Currimbhoy produced plays on contemporary themes. For example ‘Inquilab’‚ written in 1971‚ is based on the Naxalbari uprising in 1967. In this play‚ Asif Currimbhoy
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to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality‚ presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek‚ théatron‚ “a place for viewing” and theáomai‚ “to see"‚ "to
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Context; Kinder transport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The mission was to send of children‚ most of them Jewish‚ from Germany to Britain. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10‚000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany‚ Austria and Poland. When the Jews lost their parents in the war they didn’t know where they were going and what was going to happen to their parents. Britain was the country to give free
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The Analysis of Obama’s Victory Speech I INTRODUCTION Senator barrack Obama’s victory in the U.S. presidential election was celebrated in his hometown of Chicago by hundreds-of-thousands of supporters who reveled in the history-making moment. In a large‚ open-air park‚ Obama thanked his supporters‚ and outlined the challenge he hopes to make as president. He is the first African-American elected president of the U.S. US President-Elect barrack Obama’s Rhetorical skill‚ his ability to captivate
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Macbeth Essay Explore the ways the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth develop throughout the play. Making reference to Shakespeare’s use of language and stagecraft‚ examine the ways the events of the play impact on them and their relationship. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in 1564. One of the most influential writers of all time‚ still remembered today for his enigmatic plays. The zeitgeist of England in the 17th century did nothing but intensify his success. In an
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Making a Point Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead‚ a humorous piece of self-reflexive theater that draws upon Shakespeare’s Hamlet as the source of the story. The actual device of self-reflexive theater is used so well in Stoppard’s play that it reads like the love child of a play and a compelling critical essay. The play is academic yet conversationally phrased and it deepens our understanding of the original play but also criticizes it. The
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is on the Hindu-Muslim communal hatred. In fact‚ Dattani has not provided any final solutions on the burning issue. Instead‚ he allows his readers or audience to think over it and arrive at a final solution to resolve the issue permanently. The stagecraft also plays its part in carrying the message powerfully to the audience. The stage has a ramp on which five persons are seated. They have two different masks‚ one Hindu‚ another Muslim. They are the Chorus‚ the violent mob‚ in the play. As per the
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“To what extent is Iago presented by Shakespeare as a tragic villain without any redeeming features?” From the very outset of “Othello” we are made aware that Iago is the villain of the play. In fact Iago is not only one of the most well-recognised villains‚ he is also the one character who is given the most dialogue out of all of Shakespeare’s work. One of the many reasons why the character of Iago is still appreciated and celebrated could possibly be because of the way that he was the embodiment
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his own personal interpretation and reconstruct the words of the text to a physical production. The director’s take on their production can essentially alter the perspective the author hoped to initially illustrate. Through casting‚ costuming‚ and stagecraft‚ a director can ultimately modify the play to one that may not mirror the author’s intentional interpretation of the text‚ but rather their own. Macbeth is a play who directors
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An Inspector Calls is a play based in 1912‚ although it was written in 1946 by JB Priestley. Priestley was a deeply political writer with a strong favour for Communism. Communism is the political belief that there is no rich or poor and that everybody is equal‚ indeed Communists also believe that there should be a planned economy and no wages would be paid to the workers as this money would be used to fuel the infrastructure and the economy. When Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’‚ It was 1946
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