By 1600, international trade routes, which had been centered around the Mediterranean Sea for centuries, were almost entirely based around Northern Atlantic countries like Spain, France, and England. The economic explosion and widespread circulation of money that came with this were accompanied by ...

A Shakespearean Stage History: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice Considered by many to be Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, Othello, the Moore of Venice, was first recorded as having been performed in 1604. It was probably written not long before that, although the text of the p...

The Group Theatre began as a small company that provided actors and actresses with a means and a location to practice plays. Three people, Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, and Cheryl Crawford formed The Group Theatre. The Group Theatre escalated in 1931 and ended abruptly in 1941 – prevailing thro...

Max Reinhardt can be described as one of the greatest theatrical directors in history. A great innovator and a master of spectacle, he staged gigantic productions full of pageantry and color. Reinhardt became one of the first theatrical directors to achieve widespread recognition as a major creativ...

Ballyhoo is a play about a Jewish family in the south around Christmas. The play takes place in a house, mainly in one room, the family room. There are four people who live in the house. A working man who looks to be in his early fifties, his sister who is probably in her late forties, her daughte...

Standing in front of the crowd, all dressed up in their costumes, everything is just clicking. The crowd loves it, and the play comes to an end. You feel the energy building up in the theatre, an energy that you\'ve never felt. The lights go out and the curtain closes, then the actors come out to bo...

1) What was the play about? (brief synopsis) Mr. Kipps, the protagonist, has engaged a professional actor to help him learn to act out and reveal his play onstage to his family and friends. By the second act, a shy, timid, and nervous Kipps transforms into the superior actor. At this point, t...

The fifth-year had seen a theatre production called Noises Off. The production was held in The Piccadilly Theatre on the 17th of September. The play was about the cast of Noises Off performing another play, \'Nothing On.\' We, as the audience saw act one of the play three times but from different a...

Brecht was reacting against the theatre of the time; this was because traditional theatre had fantastic sets, elaborate costumes, sentimental music, and sloppy emotion. He thought this type of theatre was aesthetically wrong as he felt a good story had been taken and made sentimental. He also believ...

A sword between two stones can turn out to be a problem. Two forces working against one another are the reasons for the dilemma. This predicament can be overcome, and the sword can be free if the two forces work with one another. An additional dilemma is deciding how these two forces are going to...

Account of live performance: Abomination On Friday 24th, I watched a production of the book 'Abomination' in the school assembly room at Bitterne Park School. To perform the play 'abomination' I thought the actors and actresses would have to be good as I had heard from fr...

Could a movie really capture what a novel is trying to say? I think most people agree that a book is always better than the movie version. For over 70 years, screenwriters have been using literature to create its masterpieces and flops alike. According to film critic Frank McConnel, "Films are ...

Casting of the Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare, sixteenth century poet, is present in almost all aspects of our society. He can be found in our textbooks, on television, and in our theaters. His plays portray our life and our culture. They are performed around the w...

The Red Deer College Theatre Studies presentation of Richard III by William Shakespeare was excellent. The production really brought the book to life adding everything from a few different twists and turns than in the original script to Richard being quite comedic but still extremely sinister. Altho...

Nurse Betty Nurse Betty is a movie that has received numerous great reviews; will it live up two it? The Boston Globe gives it three and a half out of four stars and says it's lively, edgy, full of zigs and zags, juicy performances and off beat fun. The Chicago Sun Times gives it three out o...

I saw this movie on October first at my home. I decided I was in the mood to watch a B-movie, since I haven't seen one in awhile. Sidney W. Pink wrote and directed this movie. Two other films he directed were Journey to the seventh planet (1962) and Finger on the Trigger (1965). The story ...

Shakespeare: In Love and Reality According to Jeremy Giltzer, Hollywood has "turned to history to create inspired moments of action, drama, and patriotism." It has "provided the movies with some of the most climatic moments and colorful characters imaginable," while making co...

Media is undoubtedly the greatest medium of communication in our society, but how does media's portrayal of violence affect us as a whole? Is music's explicit lyrics and televisions raunchy and violent content the cause of our downfall, or is it merely an accurate depiction of today&ap...

Emotions as Art; Arising as a complex entity rooted in the Psychological Panorama of Human Expirence. THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (1977) 11 March 2004 That Obscure Object of Desire, (197...

Drew Barrymore 1 When six-pound,five-ounce baby Drew was born into the Barrymore family her mother was overjoyed. Drew Barrymore was born on February 22, 1975, at Brotman Memorial Hospital in Culver City, California. Barrymore is the daughter of actor John Drew Barrymore Jr. and Ildiko Jaid. Dre...

Perfect Beginning No one is perfect in the beginning. When watching television, a beautiful and famous actress appears. This actress makes it look like her career is the best thing to do. It takes much practice to become a professional actress. Role models are the beginning of forming an inspiratio...

"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" Uncovered In the poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" by Walt Whitman, there are many recurring images and motifs that can be seen. Whitman develops these images throughout the course of the poem. The most dominant of these are the linear notion of time, playing role...

In Shakespeare's "Hamlet", the main character, Hamlet offers a puzzling and ambiguous persona. Throughout the play, Hamlet often contradicts himself. He seems to balance the virtues of to say playing a role, with being true to himself. Further proof of these conflicting personas are demonstrated by ...

Family Ties in Boogie Nights The film, Boogie Nights, is film about the pornography business in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Through this industry we meet many different characters going through varying problems. This paper will show that although most of the film follows the car...

There is not doubt that the greatest dramatic play writer of all times has been, to this day, William Shakespeare. His plays have motivated and brought about some of the greatest stories, some retold and others are new tales. Although many believe that the greatest man of Stratford may have n...