Woyzeck, I thought all in all was quite a dry play, regarding its plot and movement. The only really interesting aspect was that of some of the actors, namely \"Captain\" played by William Heafer and Karl played by Sean Connealy. William did a wonderful job playing the part of Captain. From the fi...

Drama is an art, and the artists are actors. Just like any other art form, proper training in theater is essential to gain mastery in the skill of acting. There are many approaches to teaching acting. Gordon Phillips, a seasoned professional in the field, has developed a very interesting method. ...

Tonight I saw the play \"Overruled\" by George Bernard Shaw. I was so impressed by the ascents they used and the dialect they developed for each of their characters. All of the actors seemed very well-rehearsed and prepared for their roles. They all had direct actions and used the given circumstance...

The date was January 17th, 1863. The place was Moscow, Russia. The event was the birth of Constantin Alekseyev Stanislavski, the well-known theatre practitioner whose theories behind acting became a major turning point in the history of theatre. Born into a wealthy family, Stanislavski\'s natural...

Closer, performed on November 26, 2000 at the Mark Taper Forum, was an excellent show. The play is about two men and two women who are thrown together by chance. Throughout the play, they connect, disconnect and reconnect in bewildering combinations with each other as they try to get \"closer\" All ...

Dinner with Friends In the play Dinner with Friends, the main conflict was between Beth and Tom. This is revealed in the first scene while having dinner at Karin and Gabe's house. Beth cries out about Tom not loving her anymore and wanting to divorce her. She confides in Kar...

I approached this first rehearsal having written detailed notes on my directorial plans. The notes contained step-by-step stage directions as well as help with characters, and were given to the actors at the start of the rehearsal. My thoughts in doing this were that it would hopefully make it easi...

Irony is another staple tool of wit in Style acting, and it often seems to come effortlessly to British actors because the British rarely say what they mean. \"The speech we hear is an indication of what we don\'t hear... One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nak...

In a Hollywood movie the hero has great importance because he is the one who will capture the audience. When writing the script directors have always been preoccupied to paint a very attractive character with distinct qualities, almost perfect. Andre Bazin was a very important French film theorist ...

"After Mrs Rochester" is based on the life of the novelist Jean Rhys, best known for her 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea. The novel is the prequel to Jane Eyre and tells the story of the earlier life of Mr Rochester's wife Bertha Mason, the "mad woman in the attic". The play begins with the older Je...

The greek playwright, Sophocles, was born around 496 B.C., and died in 406 B.C. During his life, he wrote many plays, one of which was Oedipus. Sophocles was the first dramatist to add the third actor to the play. Actors were able to perfrom many different parts, but the play was limited to only...

The production I critiqued is "Fairy Tale Follies" by A. J. Jacobs, done by the high school students of Foothills Academy. Despite the fact that they had a small cast and crew, the production was quite enjoyable. The play itself did not really follow Aristotle's components of drama,...

A Midsummer Night\'s Dream is an excellent, humorous play written by Shakespeare. It is highly characteristic of Shakespeare, bringing several subplots into one masterful story. I have seen this play presented in a classical format and I found it thoroughly entertaining. Directed by Robin McKee, ...

Pop fiction is extremely popular with readers in the USA and also in Britain. Surprisingly, the sales statistics reveal that 33% are thrillers, 28% romance and 5-6% are written on science fiction, horror and fantasy. Pop fiction makes a good read because they ask the reader to read the book with sus...

We watched the movie Secondhand Lions in class. I really enjoyed the movie because the actors are superb, the characters endearing, and the plot has an "I can't wait to see what happens next" quality that keeps everyone laughing, gasping in surprise, and amused in disbelief. The first reason why I l...

\"The Fabulous Fable Factory\" by Joseph Robinette is a work children\'s theater. An individual unfamiliar with this genre of theater might simply assume a work of children\'s theater to be a dumbed-down version of adult theater. This might be particularly the case in terms of \"The Fabulous Fable...

Creating sympathy is a very delicate and skilled task to perform in a motion picture. Filmmakers have to take factors in to account in order to get their message across. There are many techniques, ranging from an actors' or actresses' clothes and possessions to the environment in which...

The main character in this play is Shelby a woman who usually falls for the wrong type, romantically linked to Tyrel, a promiscuous man. Also supporting characters are Debra, friend to Shelby, married to Leonard, friend to Tyrel. The play was written in 1999 as a subsequent to the successful novel...

Did William Shakespeare ever foresee that his play Hamlet would be later modified into several film adaptations? Did he ever have any visions of how the film would be produced? When Hamlet was created into a film, the version of the play that would best uphold Shakespeare's vision would be Fran...

The first movie of the Lord of The Rings trilogy 'The Fellowship of the Ring' is a tale of epic proportions. The story is one of classic good versus evil with all manner of twists and turns. It is seen by many as the greatest written work of our time. I think it is because the main chara...

SHAKESPEARE'S "HAMLET" By Cailin Thompson "Hamlet", one of William Shakespeare's greatest plays was written around the 1600's. In those days, theatres and plays were hard to come by for the poor people and the rich always mocked the actors. Women were not allowe...

Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger and the movie Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross are related in a variety of ways. For instance the main characters in both stories look at the world and see how phony it looks to them. In addition, both the novel and the movie, the sexuality of the era is oppres...

An exemplary play of theatre at its best Poochwater Written by Mike McPhaden Directed by Patrick Conner Starring Mike McPhaden At Theatre Passe Muraille, **** A 70 minute play titled by its protagonist, Poochwater, excelled in capturing the essence of theatre with special c...

An exemplary play of theatre at its best Poochwater Written by Mike McPhaden Directed by Patrick Conner Starring Mike McPhaden At Theatre Passe Muraille, A 70 minute play titled by its protagonist, Poochwater, excelled in capturing the essence of theatre with special commendation given to...

HARD CANDY Hard Candy, directed by Jamie Daugherty, was a somewhat impressive performance. After reading the play and then viewing it during a fourth period one act, I was impressed by their performance. I would consider this play a success, taking into consideration a low budget and a "roo...