2. Write a speech to persuade the Old Vic theatre to put on ’Othello’ giving reasons why it is an effective piece of drama. Use the film version as your source. William Shakespeare‚ England’s greatest writer. How could any Theatre deny this legend from their stage? His famous play Othello is a classic‚ a Greek tragedy promoting many themes‚ to name a few: love‚ anti – femininity‚ and racism. First performed in 1604 this intriguing storyline based in Venice and Cyprus has been thrilling audiences
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THE SHAVIAN THEATRE OF IDEAS (MODERN DRAMA) The predominating influence in determining Shaw to turn to the drama was the example of Ibsen and equally prominent was his love of debating‚ in which he had shown how irresistible it was for him to counter his arguments himself if no one else would. These influential strains compelled him to choose the kind of play in which the characters undertake this dual task of proposer and opposer. In 1892‚ he made it into Widower’s Houses‚ and thereafter‚ for
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Innes draws in his treatise on Modernism in Drama.1 Still‚ Innes attributes a `modernist vision` to both Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter with regard to their engagement as playwrights.2 Drawing on this emerging discrepancy the following analysis takes a closer look at Waiting for Godot as well as The Caretaker. Accordingly‚ both plays are analysed with regard to their modernist potential. Hence‚ in a first step potential common features of modern drama are highlighted. In a second step the respective
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Symbolism and Character Analysis in “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” The short story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" was based‚ by Fitzgerald’s own account‚ on his letter to his sister‚ the story itself is "virtually a handbook of advice on how to become a successful “flapper". Fitzgerald "borrowed his major elements and themes‚ which we can see from the symbolism and characters in the novel‚ from Little Women and turned them "upside down in a Jazz Age revision."1‚ showing the changing social mores of Fitzgerald’s
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Modern Theatre in Context :: The Second Mrs Tanqueray Pinero‚ whom even Shaw’s collaborator William Archer praised for his ’serious treatment of serious themes’‚ believed that the proper function of drama was ’giving back to the multitude their own thoughts and conceptions illuminated‚ enlarged‚ and if needful purged’. Treating moral ’problems’ in such a socially conformist way on the stage won Pinero an immense popularity; and from 1885 through 1895‚ with a new play appearing every year‚ his work
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The Crucible- A Drama Worth Watching On September 21‚ 2014 I had the privilege of attending opening night of “The Crucible” performed at the Old Vic Theater in London England‚ and directed by Yael Farber. “The Crucible” is based on the true historical events of the Salem witch trials. The play is set in Salem Massachusetts in the spring of 1692. Salem is filled with mass hysteria when a group of puritan girls including Abigail Williams the niece of the local minister Reverend Parris‚ Betty Parris
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Post-Colonial Indian English Drama India has the longest and the richest tradition in drama. During the age of the Vedic Aryans‚ drama was performed in a simple way. Different episodes from the Ramayana‚ the Mahabharata‚ and the Bhagavad-Gita were enacted out in front of people. When Britishers came in India‚ the crippled Indian drama regained its strength. In 1920‚ a new drama in almost all the Indian
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Elements of Greek Drama in Toy Story In Toy Story‚ a toy cowboy‚ Woody‚ has long enjoyed the position of being Andy’s favorite since Andy was in kindergarten. Quick to calm the other toys fears of being replaced on Andy’s birthday‚ Woody finds his position in jeopardy with the arrival of Buzz Lightyear‚ a space ranger action figure. Trying to get rid of Buzz‚ Woody ends up making himself lost along with Buzz. Trying to return from Pizza Planet‚ they get caught by Sid‚ the neighborhood kid who tortures
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Woland is a man of his word. In German Woland means Satan whenever the devil is talked about or mentioned Professor Woland or one of his henchmen in not far behind. Woland is often summoned by people when they use a phrase that contained the word devil in it. In chapter 19‚ Margarita is on the trolley and she is worried about her “Master” and she is unsure if he is still alive or not‚ she utters “Ah‚ truly‚ I’d pawn my soul to the devil just to find out whether he’s alive or not…It would be interesting
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Alex is the leader of his gang‚ has a privileged place in it to enjoy hurting‚ controlling every detail. Nothing escapes his approval in his misdeeds‚ and he and the rest enjoy being violent. Gets a unique pleasure to see blood‚ that is linked to music. Both make him feel an indescribable pleasure when he hits someone. Music is used against him in Ludovico treatment as aversion therapy of violence‚ and is associated to negative feeling that hurts and makes him feel physically ill (Classical conditioning:
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