Kalidasa’s Sakuntala is the best-known Sanskrit drama‚ and widely considered a masterpiece. It is based on an episode from the Mahabharata (book 1‚ ch. 62-69)‚ though Kalidasa takes significant liberties in his version. Widely translated -- there were "no fewer than forty-six translations in twelve different languages" in the century after Sir William Jones’ groundbreaking first translation (1789) alone‚ Dorothy Matilda Figueira notes in Translating the Orient -- new editions continue to appear regularly
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Ideas 12 February 2012 Morality Plays: The Necessity of Elaborate Theatre After reading about medieval morality plays for the last couple of weeks–by reading I mean painstakingly combing over the small print of several different books I discovered in the library–I came to a realization. All of these books said the same basic thing just in a large variety of ways. Stage production and theatrics were an important contributing factor to performing the morality plays‚ but one above all others was invested
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Play and early childhood education is not just a way to fill time for children who are too young to go to school. Some people think of play as the “work” of children (Berger‚ 2000).Through play and early childhood education‚ children build the foundation for later learning as they solve problems and increase their understanding of themselves‚ other people‚ and the world around them. Being in a stimulating environment‚ such as an early childhood center‚ provides a child with the much needed support
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Theories of Play ‘Play’ is playing an important role in our daily life. It is not only meant to be just for children‚ but also related to all the humans‚ especially adults. There are a lot of benefits of play‚ we have fun when we are playing. Play is a state of mind and emotion‚ but it is also a state of body and spirit. This week we discussed theories of play in class‚ I have a better understand the purpose of play. From my point of view‚ the most important purpose of play is to make yourself
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The Importance of Play ECE 430 Early Childhood Education Capstone Prof. Sublette Jennifer Bentley November 28‚ 2011 The Importance of Play Play is one aspect that is common in every child’s life. The importance of play for children is huge. It is so much more than a recreational activity for them. Play is essential for children; it contributes to healthy child development cognitively‚ socially‚ and physically (McFadden‚ 2010). Because of this‚ it is vital for parents‚ caregivers‚ and educators
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Josh Brown RDG 093 November 27‚ 2012 The author of the article‚ “Offensive Play” is Malcolm Gladwell. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine‚ and has published four books. “Offensive Play” was published in the October 19th‚ 2009 edition. The New Yorker began February 21‚ 1925‚ and is now published forty-seven times annually. It focuses on arts‚ culture‚ politics‚ sports‚ medicine‚ etc. Anything enticing the wealthy‚ middle-class and metropolitan is what it is geared towards. In
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Title: A Soldier’s Play Professor: Wallace Bridges I really enjoyed this play as it kept me wondering what will happen next and taught me some life lessons on how people react or make decisions. As I read on this play goes into the man Sergeant Vernon C. Waters personality and who he really was. We learn that Sergeant Waters hates being black and anyone who may exhibit black characteristics or stereotypes for example. For example in Act Two we learn that Sergeant Waters does not really
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Hamlet Essay The act of revenge never fails to accomplish Shakespeare’s goal of keeping the audience in their seats. Hamlet‚ William Shakespeare’s most well written play carries the theme of revenge or redemption throughout the play. Redemption is defined to be as the desire to undo an injury or a wrongdoing. Many characters felt that they needed to redeem themselves however in doing so‚ they ended up facing death. For some characters‚ revenge had sprouted from their urges to redeem themselves
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What is a Shavian Play? Shavian – of pertaining to‚ or characteristic of George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) or his works Shaw belongs to the late Victorian age but his era is named as Shavian era or age because he is one of those writers of English history who were able to drag the audience out of their homes on the basis of their strong management of characters and sense of morality. According to Shaw‚ his dramas come under the category of problem plays‚ argumentative plays or plays of ideas. For him
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Luke Williams THTRE 110 Theatre Critique 10/10/14 Avenue Q Critique I saw on October 4th a play called Avenue Q at Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center. Avenue Q had four directors. Here they are as follows‚ Chris Gray-Director‚ Julie Clemens- Music Director‚ Tony Jones- Orchestra Director‚ and Jarrod Bainter- Technical Director. They play had eleven actors. Here are their names followed by who they performed as. Trisha Bagby- Kate Monster‚ Ryan Groves- Princeton‚ Matthew Henry- Gary
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