In 19th century Melodrama was the primary theatrical form in Europe. The word "melodrama" comes from "Melos"‚ Greek word for song. It originating in 18th century - used with a short piece of music contrast or associated with spoken drama. By the end of 19th century form‚ this merged into a salon entertainment. Often in melodrama‚ the dialogues were in the form of poetry rather than everyday language. It mostly involved 2 to 5 acts and almost never went over 5. Moreover‚ it contained limited characters
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Whether witnessing a performance or reading the text of a play‚ we rely on the dialogue to enable us to create an image of characters in a text‚ to decide whether we like or dislike them and to try to understand them and their actions. Two levels of language are used in A Streetcar Named Desire - the words spoken by the characters in the play and the text of the stage directions. The nuances of speech set the characters in their social class context and show the differences of social status and
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A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky I’m making a pizza the size of the sun‚ a pizza that’s sure to weigh more than a ton‚ a pizza too massive to pick up and toss‚ a pizza resplendent with oceans of sauce. I’m topping my pizza with mountains of cheese‚ with acres of peppers‚ pimentos‚ and peas‚ with mushrooms‚ tomatoes‚ and sausage galore‚ with every last olive they had at the store. My pizza is sure to be one of a kind‚ my pizza will leave other pizzas behind‚ my pizza will be a delectable
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Commedia dell Arte is an interesting form of acting in the history of theatre. During the 16th‚ 17th and 18th century‚ in the midst of the renaissance‚ there was a very delightful source of entertainment that people where privy too. This archaic form of acting was based around improvising and the use of masks. I am comparing this to modern day comedy since I have seen direct examples on television‚ which use this method of acting‚ in modern day shows. The fact that some of these performers were verging
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The Messenger’s Speech I arrive with tragic news from the hospital. I will tell all that I saw‚ no lies or cover-ups. I followed my master‚ the Hospital Administrator‚ To the ward of detainment. Where the women‚ with their heads drooped‚ Newborns starving in their arms The smell of death‚ all around‚ The odor of vomit‚ splattered on the floor‚ Like the blood of maiden Monica‚ Was soon to be. Suddenly we heard a piercing scream‚ A sound that raised the hairs on the back of my neck
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Power to the Peeple Urinetown was a complete and utter… wonderful masterpiece! I was so entertained the whole show. I’m a sucker for a good comedy. I loved every minute. I went home singing‚ “this is Urinetown”! It was a wonderfully written show as well as directed. It was as golden as urine. It was very difficult for me to pick my favorite actor. They were all really solid characters; all really well developed. My one I picked would have to be Bobby Strong. The play is just written for the audience
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1. The Transformation of Prospero In Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" the figure of Prospero‚ the former Duke of Milan‚ forms the key element of all actions and developments throughout the play. He incorporates absolute power over the other characters and generates the plot of the play almost uninfluenced. For an in-depth understanding of the play it is therefore indispensable to analyse whether or not he undertakes a transformation in character or behaviour and hence interrupts a straight development
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living in the time‚ and theatre is a reflection of life‚ so naturally it also affected the theatre. The first thing that needs to be remember is that with the Industrial Revolution people began to move. With the train becoming more available people moved into cities‚ with people moving into cities they needed more things to do‚ this caused a boom in theatrical productions. (McCracken‚ 2/5) Through this boom of theatrical productions we saw a rise in Romanticism in theatre. Romanticism included Strum
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exposed to the stage. Yes‚ I do realize how cliché this must sound: girl tries theatre‚ it changes her life‚ and she wants to pursue it in college‚ blah blah blah... But when my relationship with the stage began‚ I was in the third grade‚ didn’t have any friends‚ and was so emotionally lost I didn’t even realize I was going in the wrong direction. I’m not going to lie to you and say‚ “I’ve always known that theatre is my passion‚” because that’s just not true. I was only eight; I probably didn’t
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The very essence of Contemporary Theatre is that is such a diverse realm of performance art. Many different playwrights have contributed to this post World War Two theatre that instead of keeping to just one narrow genre it was able to branch out to cover all aspects and views of an ever transitional modern society. Theatrical pieces from this time period have ranged from Existentialism‚ pioneered by Jean Paul Sartre‚ to the Theatre of the Absurd‚ which was precedented by Samuel Beckett‚ and all
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