Peter Shaffer’s Equus is neither great theatre nor bad psychology‚ but it has elements of both. It is an exhilarating play: a remarkable blend of delayed exposition and theatrical effect‚ of melodrama and circus‚ which has inspired huge ticket sales and adoring critical reviews. And it is that increasingly rare serious drama which capitalizes on lurid events while maintaining a devotion to ‘‘ideas.’’ Yet‚ in spite of its wide popular acclaim‚ Equus is difficult to sort out even when all the clues
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Role – Margaret Section 1: -700 Max Stafford-Clark is one of the most influential directors to embrace British Theatre in the past 40 years. Nearly every play Max has directed is political‚ including themes such as Marxism (like Brecht)‚ socialism‚ feminism‚ poverty and many more political themes. Max says he chooses to direct plays like this because “I am socially curious‚ and I take theatre as tool of investigating society” from his book Letter’s to George‚ which alone with Taking
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REPUBLIC OF YEMEN MOTTO : الله، الوَطَن، الثَورة، الوَحدة (Arabic) "Allāh‚ al-Waṭan‚ aṯ-Ṯhawrah‚ al-Waḥdah" "God‚ Country‚ Revolution‚ Unity" CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY: Sana’a PRESIDENT: Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi PRIME MINISTER: Mohammed Basindawa GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) 2012 estimate: - Total $58.202 billion - Per capita $2‚249 GDP (Nominal) 2012 estimate: - Total $36.700 billion - Per capita $1‚418 Currency: Yemeni rial (YER) GEOGRAPHY AND LOCATION
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Chione Lawton Professor Shrantz 2322 British Literature 8th Period 20 November‚ 2014 Annotated Bibliography Beowulf Acocella‚ Joan. "Slaying Monsters." The New Yorker 2 June 2014: 70. Literature Resource Center . Web. 18 Nov. 2014. This critical essay‚ written by Joan Acocella‚ an American journalist and book critic for New York‚ who has written many books regarding dance‚ literature‚ and psychology‚ though mentioning heavily the perfection that is Tolkien’s ‘Beowulf’ and the contemplation of as to why
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Bertoncini-Zubkova‚ E (1989) Outline of Swahili Literature. E.J. Brill. Leiden‚ NL. Diawara‚ M. (1992) African Cinema: Politics and Culture. Indiana University Press. US Fiebach‚ J Fiebach‚ J. (1975) “On the Social Function of Modern African Theatre and Brecht” In UMMA pg159-171 (Vol 5 -2) East African Literature Bureau‚ Dar es Salaam‚ TZ. Hussein‚ E (1969) Kinjeketile. Oxford University Press. Dar es Salaam‚ TZ. Hussein‚ E. (1971) Mashetani. Oxford University Press. Dar es Salaam‚ TZ. Hussein‚ E. (1988)
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In 1630‚ John Winthrop famously pleaded with the puritans to consider “that we shall be as a City upon a Hill‚ the eyes of all people upon us” (John Winthrop‚ 1630). This was the birthplace of an idea for a nation that would develop‚ and be observed by many as creating its own ideology. It provoked the creation of attitudes and morals in the resulting United States‚ which would become known as ‘American Exceptionalism’‚ a nation viewing itself as above and more superior than any other nation. Exceptionalists
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Europe Day Celebrating the creation of the European Union. Europe Day commemorates 9 May 1950‚ when the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe‚ to help maintain peaceful relations between European countries. This proposal‚ known as the ’Schuman declaration’‚ is considered to be the act that created what is now the European Union. Today‚ the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day) which‚ along with the flag‚ the
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During the first course of the year in As Drama and Theatre Studies‚ we have been exploring Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff‚ and My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlott Keatley. Both of these plays allowed us to explore critical factors which make up the course‚ these headings are: practitioner‚ vocal awareness‚ non-verbal communication‚ visual‚ aural and spatial dynamics‚ language‚ plus social‚ historical cultural and political contexts. Finally the plays uncover interpretation and characterisation
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Madness‚ love & transformation Everyone goes mad in their own particular way. Nowra thinks madness is too generalised‚ and it is based on each individuals past and experiences etc. At the end of the play‚ Lewis is no longer afraid of madness. Lewis is thoroughly transformed by the patients. Nowra uses a mixture of laughter and madness‚ which is a volatile mixture. We usually see madness as dark and scary‚ so we can keep it in a corner and ignore it. When he adds humour to it‚ then we begin to
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