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中文Ibsen’s women. Illustrate your essay with specific examples.
Introduction Ibsen was a champion of social criticism, particularly concerned about the ‘imprisoned souls.’ Concerns of women have been the concerns of his major works, A Dolls’s House (1879), Pillars of society (1877) Ghosts and Hedda Gabbler. Generally speaking the main criticism in Ibsen’s plays are directed against the vanities of contemporary living and especially […]
Explore the use of violence in Sarah Kane’s ‘Blasted’ and ‘Cleansed’, saying to what purpose violence is being employed. Illustrate your essay with specific examples.
There is no doubt that Sarah Kane was a troubled person. Suffering from depression, she committed suicide at the age of twenty-eight, despite her success as playwright and director. Her plays share themes of extreme violence and oppression, with layered meanings, superimposing one location with another, thus forcing us as spectators/readers to draw the parallels […]
Samuel Beckett – Happy Days
1. Dramatic Irony: Is there a dramatic distance between the audience and the characters or between the characters and themselves, as an outcome of the advantage of knowledge and understanding? (Can it be said that the characters have an advantage of understanding the irony through the knowledge about the fictional wall and their situation through […]
Semiotic Elements in the Orphan
Casting of the Orphan Orphans, a play written by Dennis Kelly and directed by Roxanna Silbert has Liam, Helen, Shane and Danny as the major characters. This is a composition of two men, one woman and a child. To bring out the theme of the play, the director assigned the characters to the following actors: […]
Late Post Modernism. Illustrate your essay with specific examples.
This piece requires an examination of the concept of celebrity in the Twenty First Century. In order to carry this out it will assessed whether Graeme Turner’s (2004;) contention that, ‘The consumption of celebrity has became a part of everyday life in the Twenty First Century’, is true. (Turner 2004; p. 84) In order to […]
What relevance does the commedia dell’Arte have for the modern actor? Illustrate your essay with specific examples.
The decline of the commedia dell’Arte was due to a variety of factors.’ States the online Encyclopedia Britannica; ‘Eventually the physical comedy came to dominate the performance and, as the comic business became routine, it lost its vitality’ ( Encyclopedia Britannica. Date unknown. Date accessed 30/05/07). At first glance it may seem that a theatrical […]
Creativity plays an important role in society: Discuss with reference to at least two artists
This essay will aim to look at the works of three performance artists, namely Christo and Jean Claude and the Australian artist Stelarc; in relation to how creativity plays an important role in society. It is most interesting to look at the works of these artists when questioning the importance of societal creativity as they […]
What happens to identity in the postmodern age? You should draw on feminist or post-colonial critiques to discuss the work of a choreographer or artist of your choice
Contemporary Western society is now functioning in a state of constant flux. A person’s desire or attempt to pinpoint a stable and defined personal identity in this post-modern era is subject to the difficulty of changing fashions, new perspectives, and conflicting desires. The constant hyperactive barrage of media influences, now commonplace in Western society, provides […]
The New Wimbledon Theatre
Theatres are part of performing arts and mainly focus on live performances in drama, illusionary creations, acrobatic presentations, dance, and music, among others. Derived from its meaning, a theatre is a place that engages its occupants in seeing or watching acts of arts being performed. There are various types of theatres; a theatre can be […]
REQUIREMENTS OF THE DRAMATIC STORY
The ultimate desire for any writer is to create a dramatic story – whether in the form of a stage-play, script, or in prose – that will engage its audience. Through the action or plot of the story, and the character’s reactions and responses, the dramatic story can also entertain, inform, challenge, and amuse. The […]
HOW SOCIETY AFFECTED SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE
Even a cursory knowledge of the history of the South African nation ensures that it comes as no surprise to readers that its arts, and theatre in particular, have been shaped and guided over the centuries by many hands and minds, often with minimal regard for or interest in the local culture. The home-grown stories […]
Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim
Introduction Music moves and excites people, in great numbers. Music defines culture, sensibility and the innate nature. It is directly expressive of our personalities and emotions. This was true of the great music legends and their works. Whether Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim, music flowed in rhythm through their unique sensitivities upholding every virtue […]
Jerome Kern is arguably the Father of the modern musical. How did he achieve this recognition?
Ol’ Man River”, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”, “A Fine Romance”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, “All the Things You Are” and “The Way You Look Tonight”, these are few of the many scores that Jerome Kern had enthralled the world with. His compositions were unique in their style and were immensely popular with the […]
Black Culture and Musical Theatre
Introduction ‘Lord, I really don’t think no man’s love can last Lord, I really don’t think no man’s love can last They love you to death then treat you like a thing of the past… A loose monotonous form, easily fitted to physical movements…and it is the American Negro’s most characteristic expression. Into it have […]
